Maryland Psychiatric Research Center - Outpatient Research Program

03/28/2024

Last night we celebrated the career and retirement of Dr William T Carpenter, Jr.

As the founding director of the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, a compassionate psychiatrist, a dedicated mentor, and truly great icon in the field of psychiatry, over 150 people gathered on the grounds of Spring Grove Hospital Center in Catonsville, MD where it all began, to say our goodbyes.

Dr Carpenter helped establish the field standards in informed consent and ethical conduct of studies with people who have severe mental illness, reshaped the schizophrenia chapter in DSM-5, tested new treatments, was part of a Presidential envoy to the then Soviet Union, and served as the expert defense for Hinkley, helping the world understand what schizophrenia was.

Publishing over 400 peer reviewed papers, establishing the joint Treatment Research Unit with Spring Grove Hospital and Maryland Department of Health , opening a state of the art neuroimaging center, receiving some of the highest awards in science and medicine, serving many of the most prominent psychiatric organizations, growing the Schizophrenia Bulletin, and doing all of this after turning down a 1958 spot on the Baltimore Colts football team -highlight Dr Carpenter’s legendary life!

His humility, warm smile and generous nature will especially be missed. Congratulations to one of University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) most Distinguished Professors!!

06/04/2022

We are ending Mental Health Awareness Month 2022 on a high note at MPRC! Our NAMI walks and creativity connects campaign were huge successes, with over 13,500 dollars raised for ! Thanks to everyone who donated and participated in our walk. We couldn’t have done it without you!

05/20/2022

05/09/2022

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! We want to take this opportunity to advocate for mental health and access to care. This year, we are partnering with to host our own campaign and join the national movement to raise awareness about mental health. Please check out the attached flyer for more information!

Come back each week of May to see our posts, all leading up to our creativity connects campaign and our 2022 event.

02/22/2022

It’s a new day for mental health, and we’re going to seize it together — by participating in NAMIWalks Your Way 2022.

When you join or support our team, you are contributing to the movement and this moment of opening doors throughout the mental health world. United, we are a force: increasing awareness, raising funds and building a stronger community.

We’re in this together, and together we will walk toward a future where our dream of Mental Health for All comes true.

Team fundraising page for Maryland Psychiatric Research Center

02/17/2022

Looking for healthy control participants for a variety of research studies in cognition. We will compare data from controls with data from people with mental illness to better understand the problems psychiatric patients have with concentration, memory, and problem-solving.

Qualified participants should:
-Be between the ages of 18-64
-Have no history of mental illness
-Have no current substance abuse
-Have no history of brain injury or neurological disorder

Studies will take place at the Maryland Psychiatrics Research Center, on the grounds of Spring Grove Hospital in Catonsville, MD.

Participants will be paid $15-20/hr plus bonuses for their time.