Wicomico County
JamesE. Bowes,MD.,M.PH.,HealthOfficer
300 W. Carroll St.
Salisbury MD 21801 749-1244

Worcester County
Douglas Moore, M.D., M.PH., Health Officer
Snow Hill, MD 21863 632-1100

AIDS ADMINISTRATION

Gillian Ann van Blerk, Director

201 W Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 225-5013

AIDS Hotline (7 days a week)
Bait, area: 945-AIDS
toll free: 1-800-638-6252

Established in 1987, the AIDS Administration
provides public education and surveillance, profes-
sional education, and patient support services for
persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syn-
drome (AIDS). The Administration consults and
coordinates its work with twenty-four local health
departments. Each local health department has
counseling and testing sites where free tests and free
consultations are available.

The Administration funds clinical activities for
the diagnosis and evaluation of patients with AIDS.
It also administers grants to community organiza-
tions for gay and minority outreach efforts.

MARYLAND CENTER FOR AIDS-RELATED
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (MDCARES)

225-6707

The AIDS Administration is responsible for the
Maryland Center for AIDS-Rclated Educational
Services (MDCARES). The Center coordinates all
professional training about AIDS.

MENTAL HYGIENE
ADMINISTRATION

Stuart B. Silver, M.D., Director
Vacancy, Deputy Director

201 W Preston St.
Baltimore, MD 21201 225-6611

The Mental Hygiene Administration originated
in 1886 as the State Lunacy Commission (Chapter
487, Acts of 1886). The Commission was estab-
lished to inspect public and private institutions for
the insane and to advise their boards of managers.
In 1922, the Commission was replaced by the
Board of Mental Hygiene (Chapter 29, Acts of
1922). The Board, in turn, was superseded by the
Department of Mental Hygiene in 1949 (Chapter

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685, Acts of 1949). The 1949 law abolished not
only the Board of Mental Hygiene, but also the
separate governing boards of the State mental hos-
pitals, and gave the Department of Mental Hygiene
responsibility for the custody, care, and treatment
of mentally ill persons. The Department of Mental
Hygiene became part of the Department of Health
and Mental Hygiene in 1969 (Chapter 77, Acts of
1969) and subsequently was renamed the Mental
Hygiene Administration.

The Administration is headed by a Director,
certified in psychiatry by the American Board of
Psychiatry and Neurology and appointed by the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene. The Di-
rector is responsible for duties assigned by the Sec-
retary and for supervision of Mental Hygiene
Administration hospitals and facilities.

Under the provisions of the Maryland Commu-
nity Mental Health Services Act of 1966, the Direc-
tor of Mental Hygiene, with the approval of the
Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene, is em-
powered to make State grants-in-aid to further
community mental health services (Chapter 125,
Acts of 1966). The Director supervises programs
receiving these grants-in-aid. The Act also provided
for the establishment of local mental health advi-
sory committees (Code Health—General Article,
sec. 10-208).

To improve continuity of care between commu-
nity and hospital programs, the Administration has
adopted a regional structure. Assistant Directors
serve Eastern, Western, Southern and Central
Maryland. Their regional offices implement policies
to shorten length of hospital stays and improve
community mental health programs for the severely
ill.

The Administration oversees the Walter P Carter
Community Mental Health and Retardation Cen-
ter; Crownsville Hospital Center; Eastern Shore
Hospital Center; Thomas B. Finan Hospital Cen-
ter; Highland Health Psychiatric Unit; Clifton T.
Perkins Hospital Center; the Regional Institutes for
Children and Adolescents at Baltimore, Chelten-
ham, and Rockville; Springfield Hospital Center;
Spring Grove Hospital Center; Upper Shore Com-
munity Mental Health Center; and Tawes-Bland
Bryant Nursing Home.

MAKTLANDADVISOKr COUNCIL ON MENTAL
HYGIENE

Chairperson: Joseph I. Pines, 1991

Appointed by Governor: Josephine L. Kohn,
1988; Katrina Boverman, 1989; Michele S. Dear,
1989; Richard Grumbacher, 1989; Marjorie M.
Kabwit, 1989; Bilha D. Marcus, 1989; Irma Van
Sickle, 1989; M. Sue Diehl, 1990; Joyce Dooley,
1990; Catherine H. Gregg, 1990; Carol W. Howe,