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The Special Needs Clinic of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland provides comprehensive treatment for patients with developmental or intellectual disability and psychiatric illness. This report describes the clinical characteristics and service utilization of patients attending this clinic. Factors that support quality mental health services that are both cost-effective and accessible are identified.
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Florence Hackerman, Chester W. Schmidt, Charles Donald Dyson, Lisa Hovermale, and Gerard Gallucci are affiliated with Department of Psychiatry, The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Hackerman, F., Schmidt, C.W., Dyson, C.D. et al. Developing a Model Psychiatric Treatment Program for Patients with Intellectual Disability in a Community Mental Health Center. Community Ment Health J 42, 13–24 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-005-9000-0
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