Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Maryland Department of Health (MDH or the Department), through its sub-unit, the Behavioral Health Administration (BHA), is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) to provide community based, recovery oriented, individualized services to young people who are within the first one to two years of developing psychosis and schizophrenia. Provide Outreach and Education to increase knowledge about mental health problems and treatments, as well as decrease concerns about stigma related to mental illness, factors that can increase the threshold for treatment-seeking and prolong the duration of untreated psychosis. The emphasis of outreach and educational efforts will be on teaching providers how to identify signs of clinical high risk and early psychosis, to familiarize providers with relevant evidence-based practices (EBPs), and to provide providers with ample ways to refer individuals for further consultation and treatment.
