202/Mary land Manual

REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR
CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS—
ROCKVILLE

John Gildner, Administrator

15000 Broschart Road
Rockville 20850 Telephone: 251-6800

The Regional Institute at Rockville provides
treatment services for emotionally handicapped
children from Montgomery and Frederick
counties. It offers an intensive diagnostic and
treatment unit, residential treatment, and day
treatment. Educational services are provided by
the Montgomery County Department of Educa-
tion.

Day treatment is provided for 50 children be-
tween the ages of 13 and 18 (day treatment ca-
pacity 120). The facility is currently licensed for
56 beds (capacity 80).

CITIZENS ADVISOR Y BOARD FOR
REGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN
AND ADOLESCENTS—ROCKVILLE

Chairperson: Jennie M. Forehand, 1984

Gary Brecher, M.D., 1983; Dorothy A. K.
Cockrell, 1984; Estes Lockhart, 1984; Mary H.
Warshowsky, 1984; Jean Robert Herdt, M.D.,
1985; Barbara Burklew, 1986.

SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL CENTER

Thomas F. Krajewski, M.D., Superintendent

Sykesville 21784 Telephone: 795-2100
Established by Chapter 231, Acts of 1894,
Springfield Hospital Center opened for patients in
1896. The hospital admits mentally ill patients
from Baltimore City and from Carroll, Frederick,
Garrett, Howard, and Montgomery counties. The
facility is licensed for 1,650 patients (Code
Health-General Article, sec. 10-406).

CITIZENS ADVISOR Y BOARD FOR
SPRINGFIELD HOSPITAL CENTER

Joanne Falconer, 1983; Mrs. Alfred Gleeksman,
1984; Zerita Skates, 1984; Kenneth Holniker,
1984; Rona Desser, 1984; Eva Solomon, 1985;
Janice C. Becker, 1986.

SPRING GROVE HOSPITAL CENTER
John M. Hamilton, M.D., Superintendent

Wade Avenue
Catonsville 21228 Telephone: 455-7181

Spring Grove Hospital Center originally was
established in 1797 as the Maryland Hospital
(Chapter 102, Acts of 1797). It adopted the name
of Spring Grove by Chapter 187, Acts of 1912.
The Center admits mentally ill patients from
Baltimore, Harford, and Prince George's counties.
The facility is licensed for 1,475 patients (Code
Health-General Article, sec. 10-406).

CITIZENS AD VISOR Y BOARD FOR
SPRING GROVE HOSPITAL CENTER

Chairperson: Grace Sommerhof, 1984

Joan T. Harrison, 1983; Marian E. Lobdell, 1984;
Alvin Polan, 1984; Joseph F. Ruffley, Sr.,
1984; Wynn C. Mauler, Jr., 1985; Josephine P.
McCarthy, 1986.

UPPER SHORE COMMUNITY
MENTAL HEALTH CENTER

David W. Leap, Acting Superintendent
Chestertown 21620 Telephone: 778-6800

The Upper Shore Community Mental Health
Center is a multipurpose hospital operated by the
Mental Hygiene Administration. The Center
maintains 72 beds and provides psychiatric ser-
vices for all qualified persons 16 years of age and
older from the Upper Shore (Caroline, Cecil,
Kent, Queen Anne's, and Talbot counties).

The Center also provides a 15-bed juvenile de-
tention center and a 20-bed intermediate care unit
for men and women over the age of 18 for the
treatment of alcoholism.

The first psychiatric residents were admitted to
the facility on March 1, 1982 (Code Health-Gen-
eral Article, sec. 10-406).

MENTAL RETARDATION AND
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
ADMINISTRATION

Bernard A. Carpenter, Jr., Director

201 W. Preston Street
Baltimore 21201 Telephone: 383-3354

The Mental Retardation Law provides for the
organization and administration of the Mental
Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Ad-
ministration (Code Health-General Article, Title
7). The Director of the Administration is
appointed by the Secretary of Health and Mental
Hygiene.

The Administration plans, develops, and di-
rects a statewide comprehensive system of ser-