University of Maryland School of Medicine
Community Outreach
UM Division of Community Psychiatry: Walter P. Carter Clinics
The Walter P. Carter Clinics are community mental health centers committed to providing comprehensive mental health treatment to residents of Baltimore City. The staff consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors and nurses. Services are offered to people who need help with:
- Family problems-including marital difficulties and parenting issues;
- Life crisis
- Chronic psychiatric illness
- School problems
- Psychiatric illness in combination with substance abuse
The clinics serve adults, children and adolescents. In addition, the Continuous Care Team is an intensive psychiatric treatment and case management service designed to assist patients with persistent and severe mental illness by providing outreach and coordination of care in all aspects of treatment.
UMMS is also contracted with Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) to provide mental health services on-site at the HCH facility. Additionally, outreach services are provided at area shelters and soup kitchens.
Contacts:
Eileen Hastings
410-328-7584
ehastings@umpsy6.umaryland.edu
Community Served: Baltimore City
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