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Clifton T. Perkins Hospital Center in Jessup, Maryland, is one of the five state psychiatric hospitals in Maryland. (Photo courtesy of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.)
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Maryland decreases psychiatric hospital bed backlog

ANNAPOLIS – The number of court-ordered individuals waiting to be treated in Maryland state psychiatric hospitals decreased by about 85 percent since May, according to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Maryland’s health Secretary Van T. Mitchell created a…