Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital

Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit

A 20-bed unit offering a highly focused crisis intervention model for the treatment of major mental illnesses. Average length of stay is less than 5 days.

Adult Short Term and Addictions Unit

20-bed unit offering rapid evaluation with medical and psychiatric intervention. A track for adults with concurrent chemical dependency provides brief crisis intervention with a physician until the patient can be transferred to a lower level of care. (Programming also offered on the Ellicott City campus).

Young Adult Unit

A 14-bed unit with special programming for patients in the 18 to 23 year old age range.

Eating Disorders Unit

A 22-bed unit in a specially designed and elegantly appointed setting for patients with complex eating disorders. A team of Board Certified Psychiatrists coordinate a multi-disciplinary team of experienced professionals including nurses, licensed clinical social workers, registered dieticians, expressive arts therapists and psychologists. Medical problems are closely monitored by a panel of carefully selected consulting specialists.

Psychotic Disorders Unit

A 20-bed adult unit devoted exclusively to the care of patients with chronic schizophrenia. Patients are aided by active behavioral treatment and medication trials, illness education, social skills training and specialized activity therapy.

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Trauma Disorders Unit

A 24-bed unit designed for patients 18 and older; who are significantly impaired in function due to severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or dissociative symptoms, and/or requiring an inpatient diagnostic consultation.

Geriatric Unit

This 34-bed unit is designed for short-term evaluation and treatment of dementing illnesses and other conditions requiring 24-hour hospital care for geriatric patients. A specialized neuropsychiatric track is also provided.

Child Unit

This 16-bed unit provides rapid assessment and stabilization for children ages 4 to 12 for whom inpatient care is appropriate for safety and structure due to severity of condition and for safe medical management.

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Adolescent Crisis Stabilization Units

Two gender specific units for the multi-disciplinary assessment, evaluation, crisis intervention, and stabilization of adolescents. Discharge planning emphasizes movement to day hospital or outpatient care as soon as the crisis has been stabilized.

Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Unit

A unique inpatient program, consisting of 11 beds, and designed to serve psychiatric disorders in developmentally disabled youngsters ages 6 to 18. The Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry Unit is appropriate for patients whose intensity and/or frequency of maladaptive behaviors make them unsafe to self or others. Clinically appropriate patients will have sub-normal IQ's (<70) or diagnoses of neurological illness or syndromes such as Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Down's Syndrome, Prader-Willie Syndrome, Joubert's Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Turner's Syndrome, Lesch-Nyham Syndrome and Tuberous Sclerosis with or without mental retardation. Geared to an average length of stay of several weeks, the milieu includes a multidisciplinary treatment team and individualized behavioral treatment.

Service Chief: Desmond Kaplan, M.D.

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Premiere Unit

The Retreat at Sheppard Pratt

Two 8-bed units designed for patients seeking a comprehensive evaluation and intensive treatment experience in a psychotherapeutic milieu, unencumbered by the payment policies of third parties. The Retreat offers an elegantly appointed setting for an intermediate length of stay os several weeks to several months, for voluntary patients in an unlocked assisted living unit.

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Sheppard Pratt Adult Day Hospital

A voluntary, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary, coordinated treatment program for patients 18 through 60 serving both short and longer term treatment needs. Operates 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m., five days a week on the Towson & Ellicott City campuses.

Sheppard Pratt Dual Diagnosis Day Hospital

Enhancing treatment options in the Adult, Trauma and Geriatric Day Programs, this specialty track caters to those with a primary psychiatric diagnosis and a co-occurring substance use disorder. The track offers intensive levels of therapy, illness education, addiction management, relapse prevention groups, daily AA/NA groups, and medical monitoring. The Medical Director has specialized training in Addiction Medicine, in addition to board certification in psychiatry and neurology.

Sheppard Pratt Child Day Hospital

The program offers rapid assessment and crisis stabilization of children ages 5 to 11 who require the structure and safety of an inpatient setting due to the severity of their condition or for safe medication management. Comprehensive aftercare planning begins upon admission.

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Adolescent Day Hospital

A clinically intensive day program for adolescents 13 to 18 with serious psychiatric problems. Designed as an alternative to inpatient and residential care, it provides the structure and intensity of an inpatient program for patient who require 24-hour treatment. Additional services available throughout the day hospital include family, group and individual therapy; art and recreation therapy; pharmacotherapy; and aftercare groups.

The Eleanor and Berkeley Mann Residential Treatment Center

The Eleanor and Berkeley Mann Residential Treatment Center is a residential program for adolescents with severe behavioral problems who require a therapeutic educational and recreational program in a self-contained setting. Students receive educational services at the Forbush School.

Sheppard Pratt Respite Unit

The unit is comprised of 20 intensive beds for youngsters awaiting longer-term placement or who need a structured setting. Most residents are also in a special education placement.

Sheppard Pratt is inside the Baltimore Beltway (Interstate 695) off of Exit 25. After you are on the ramp for Exit 25, follow the signs for Charles Street. Proceed south on Charles Street approximately 2 & 1/2 miles. You will see a sign designating a left turn into the Sheppard Pratt campus. Proceed to the first stop sign and make a right to the Weinberg Building parking lot.

From Penn Station, proceed north on Charles Street for approximately 7 miles. You will see signs designating the turn into the campus on the right.