Baltimore County Department of Health
6401 York Road, 3rd floor
Baltimore, MD 21212-2130
Email: health@baltimorecountymd.gov Phone: 410-887-2731
TTY user call via Maryland Relay Outpatient mental health services such as assessment and evaluation, individual, group, and family therapies are provided by individual mental health professionals authorized and licensed by appropriate practice boards. Individual practitioners include physicians, psychologists, social workers, nurse psychotherapists, and licensed clinical professional counselors or licensed clinical marriage and family therapists. A consumer may receive up to 12 visits after he/she is registered with MAPS-MD before a treatment plan is submitted. Pre-authorized visits are only for registered Public Mental Health System consumers who have a mental health diagnosis covered by the Public Mental Health System. To obtain initial authorization for any outpatient mental health service, the provider, consumer or family member must contact Value Options by calling 1-800-888-1965. To learn more about eligibility criteria and available services, call the Bureau of Behavioral Health at 410-887-3828. Mobile Treatment Services are community-based, intensive outpatient services, which provide assertive outreach, treatment, and support to individuals with mental illness who may be homeless, or for whom more traditional forms of outpatient treatment have been ineffective, or who have had repeated psychiatric hospital stays. This service is provided by a multidisciplinary team in the individual’s natural environment (i.e., home, street, shelters, etc.). Mobile Treatment Services are also available for children, adolescents, and their families who require more intensive intervention in order to clinically stabilize the child’s or adolescent’s psychiatric condition, to promote family preservation, and/or to return to functioning and quality of life to previously established levels as soon as possible. Services provided include: psychiatric evaluation and treatment; clinical assessment; medication management monitoring; interactive therapies; support with daily living skills; assistance with locating housing; and case management.
The length and intensity of services provided are determined by an individual’s treatment plan. The goal is to provide continuous treatment through a multidisciplinary team, avert hospitalizations, and remediate tenuous living situations. To obtain initial authorization for Mobile Treatment Services, the provider, consumer, family member, or advocate must complete the request online at Value Options or call 1- 800-888-1965. For additional assistance, call the Bureau of Behavioral Health at 410-887-3828. Back to top Mental Health Case Management services rendered by a provider are time-limited intensive services to individuals with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) and Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED). The service is for individuals who frequently use emergency rooms and hospitals or are placed in jails due to their inability to manage their mental illness and/or basic personal needs. Services include: assessment of the individual's needs; planning and coordination of needed services; linking the individual to services; monitoring receipt of services; and advocating on behalf of the individual.
Mental Health Case Management does not include direct therapy, and is not authorized for the sole purpose of providing transportation to appointments. Case Managers for child and adolescent consumers assist service providers in delivering an integrated community-based treatment program, even though services may be delivered by several service providers and systems of care. For example, the case manager may attend conferences and meetings held on behalf of the child and family by other service providers, e.g., the school system, juvenile justice. To obtain initial authorization for Mental Health Case Management, the provider, consumer, family member, or advocate must contact Value Options or call 1-800-888-1965. For additional assistance, calle the Bureau of Behavioral Health at 410-887-3828.
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