Aiding In The Fight For Better Mental Health

Bowie Family Makes Major Contribution At Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center to Support Behavioral Health Services in Prince George’s County

These days, few would argue that mental health issues are at the forefront of issues of concern in communities across the nation.  One Prince George’s family is partnering with a county behavioral health center to do something about it.

On June 7, Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center (LHDCMC) received an incredibly generous contribution. To help fulfill Luminis Health’s mission of enhancing the health of the people and communities it serves, Bowie Mayor Timothy Adams and his wife, the Honorable Sheila Tillerson Adams have donated $100,000 to Luminis Health’s behavioral health services in Prince George’s County.

Luminis Health is a non-profit regional health system headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.  Comprised of Anne Arundel Medical Center, Doctors Community Medical Center (DCMC), J. Kent McNew Family Medical Center, Pathways, DCMC Rehab, and Luminis Health Clinical Enterprise, the system serves a population of 1.5 million people.  As one of the area’s largest charitable assets – with 789 licensed beds, 90+ sites of care, and 9,600 team members – Luminis Health contributes close to $100 million for the community’s benefit. 

Tori Bayless, chief executive officer of Luminis Health, and Deneen Richmond, president of Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center, joined members of the Adams family for a ceremonial check presentation inside the new Behavioral Health Pavilion in Lanham. Major funding for the new Behavioral Health Pavilion was made possible through a $20 million grant from Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks and the Prince George’s County Council.

“Since 2019, Luminis Health, a locally formed health system, has invested $85 million at our Lanham campus, including expanding behavioral health services,” said Richmond. “The Adams’ generosity and commitment to our community warms my heart tremendously. Their financial support will provide access, treatment, and programming to Prince Georgians who deserve high-quality care close to home. It is my sincere hope these much-needed services will help end the stigma of receiving mental health and substance use treatment.”

Luminis Health Doctors Community Medical Center (LHDCMC) opened the Behavioral Health Pavilion in the summer of 2022 to meet the growing needs of mental health services in Prince George’s County. The Pavilion currently offers a broad continuum of services including an Outpatient Mental Health Clinic to provide therapy and medication management for adults and adolescents, Behavioral Health Walk-In Urgent Care for non-emergent behavioral health concerns for ages four years old and up, and the Psychiatric Day Treatment Program which includes a mental health partial hospitalization program and an intensive outpatient program for adults and adolescents. It also includes a 16-bed Inpatient psychiatric unit for adults.

The center’s leaders plans do not stop there, however, as they anticipate opening an 8-bed addiction residential service followed by a substance use disorder intensive outpatient treatment program in the summer.