INPATIENT SERVICES
The psychiatric inpatient unit is a 20-bed open ward that admits approximately 300 voluntary patients each year from all socioeconomic groups and diagnostic categories. The unit is separated into two services:
Both services accept patients from physicians’ and psychiatrists’ offices directly and from emergency departments throughout Maryland.
For ADMISSIONS information, contact the admission coordinator at
410-550-0069, Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.
SPECIALTY SERVICES
Specialty areas at Bayview include chronic mental illness, substance use disorders, geriatric psychiatry, neuropsychiatry (dementia, Alzheimer's and traumatic brain injury), sleep disorders, and behavioral medicine — the interface between psychiatry and other areas of medicine (e.g., burns, cardiovascular disease, chronic pain). Inpatient, partial hospitalization (day hospital) and/or outpatient programs treat adults, children, and adolescents are available in all these areas. Appointments are made through each of the individual specialty clinics.
