About
About Butler Hospital
Butler Hospital is Rhode Island’s only private, nonprofit psychiatric and addiction recovery hospital and a teaching affiliate of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Located on a historic 100-acre campus at 345 Blackstone Boulevard in Providence and part of the Care New England health system, Butler holds the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for behavioral health integration. The hospital’s addiction service line spans alcohol and drug addiction treatment and opioid addiction recovery stabilization, embedded within a broader specialty psychiatric hospital that also treats mood disorders, anxiety, psychotic disorders, memory disorders, and movement disorders.
The addiction continuum at Butler historically included an inpatient Alcohol and Drug Inpatient Treatment Unit alongside ambulatory services. Prospective patients and families should verify current admission status with the hospital, as Butler has publicly announced contractual changes affecting the inpatient addiction unit. Outpatient, partial hospital, and intensive outpatient services for addiction continue alongside the hospital’s mood disorder, anxiety, and psychotic disorder service lines. Butler is SAMHSA-certified as an Opioid Treatment Program, authorizing medications for opioid use disorder within its addiction recovery service.
Butler is unusual among regional behavioral health providers in pairing standard addiction treatment with the BRAIN program — Brain Research and Interventional Neurotherapeutics — which offers transcranial magnetic stimulation, electroconvulsive therapy, and clinical trials for treatment-resistant depression and other conditions. The hospital admits adolescents (with a dedicated Inpatient Teen Treatment Unit and Teen Partial Hospital Program), adults, and older adults, and SAMHSA records confirm Deaf/hard-of-hearing access.
Butler accepts Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, private insurance, state insurance, and self-pay, and offers financial assistance for eligible patients. Butler Express Care provides same-day outpatient behavioral health assessments for new and returning patients, and a 24/7 admissions and crisis line is staffed at (844) 401-0111.
- Only detox center in Rhode Island accepting pregnant patients requiring withdrawal management
- Joint Commission accredited hospital program with on-site psychiatric emergency room
- Certified Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) with 24/7 medical supervision
- Comprehensive medical detox for co-occurring psychiatric disorders since 1844
- Specialized inpatient teen treatment unit for adolescent withdrawal management