"A Crooked Path Only God Could Chart"
From struggling adults in Taiwan to troubled adolescents in California, Elizabeth Chang’s passion is offering professional help however—and wherever—it is needed.
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"Mind Over Matters"Life can be an overwhelming process that produces more questions than answers. People feel a wide range of emotions during their lifetimes — from ecstasy to misery — that result from different circumstances experienced daily.
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"URDC brings affordable health care to uninsured"When Dr. Al Sorkin talks about the agency he helped create to bring affordable health care to uninsured, low-income families in northwest Pasadena, there’s not a trace of bravado… On May 3, URDC’s board of directors announced Sorkin’s retirement as executive director of the agency… "I have always looked for ways to integrate health and behavioral care services to best meet the overall health needs of my patients," he said. "The affiliation of URDC with Pacific Clinics is the correct approach in moving forward.."
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"Pacific Clinics celebrates Mental Illness Awareness Week"Pacific Clinics celebrates Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 2 – 8, 2011)
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"Center a refuge for at-risk youth"Young adults who recently left the foster care system, homeless youth and those coping with substance abuse or mental illness all have a place at a transitional assistance youth drop-in center in the Monterey Business Center.
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"Wellness fair in Irwindale offers services to disadvantaged and homeless youth "To help these vulnerable youth find stability and perhaps employment, the Pacific Clinics, a Pasadena-based behavioral health care agency, and its HOPE drop-in center hosted a wellness and resource fair Wednesday in Irwindale.
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"TAY center a safe haven for homeless teens"Quentin Anderson doesn't know where he'll sleep tonight.
It could be under a bridge, in a park or under library steps, but one thing he's pretty sure of is that it won't be any place he calls home.
Quentin, 22, is homeless.
His mother died of cancer in 2006 shortly after Quentin graduated high school. . .
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"Pacific Clinics’ Luis Garcia, PsyD, Among Experts Talking Statewide About Latino Mental Health"Luis Garcia, PsyD, appears in Salinas for California’s Reducing Disparities Task Force. (article in Spanish)
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"Youth Center Funded"An El Monte youth services program, which serves homeless or mentally ill teens and young adults, will move to Irwindale on Monday to a new drop-in center. . .
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"Even after Giffords shooting, Napolitano can't find support for increased mental health services"Rep. Grace Napolitano thought congressional interest in mental health - an issue she cares deeply about - would grow after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head and six others were killed by a gunman in Arizona.
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"Extraordinary residents making most of life after major setbacks"For homeless youths, especially those with mental health and substance use conditions, life on the streets is cold and dangerous and a dead end. According to the Institute for Urban Initiatives, from 24% to 50% of former foster care and probation youths become homeless within the first 18 months of emancipation. . . .
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"Among cuts to shrink California deficit: Mental health"Governor Jerry Brown is scheduled to unveil his budget proposal this morning in Sacramento. Insiders expect his plan will propose eliminating voter-approved accounts like the one that covers mental health services for kids and adults. KPCC’s Patricia Nazario visited an after-school treatment center to see how cuts might affect families.
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"Bringing Homeless Youth Off the Streets"For homeless youths, especially those with mental health and substance use conditions, life on the streets is cold and dangerous and a dead end. According to the Institute for Urban Initiatives, from 24% to 50% of former foster care and probation youths become homeless within the first 18 months of emancipation. . . .
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"Emancipated foster youth get a heapin' serving of Thanksgiving in Irwindale "They might not have a home or family, but thanks to the generosity of some businesses and officials, 100 teens had Thanksgiving dinner.
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"East Mind, West Mind"Terry Gock, director of Pacific Clinics' Asian Pacific Family Center in Rosemead, Calif., explains that the Chinese are more likely to say that they're tired or that their "chi is low" . . .
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"Local homeless community gets connected to services "About 360 local homeless residents participated at the 2010 Passageways Homeless Connect Day. The collaborative one-day event, held at the Salvation Army on North Mentor Avenue, linked the community's homeless population with a variety of direct and onsite services, including a medical clinic, veterans services, housing placement and referrals, showers and benefits screening and assistance.
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"Healthbeat - Stress Relief"Ruben Gallegos and Kitty Galt, two outreach specialists with Arcadia-based Pacific clinics, a large mental-health service provider, said numbers are up about 25 percent at a cold weather shelter in Pasadena. Many residents have returned from previous years and have significant mental-health issues. But most newcomers to the shelter are not the traditional homeless. They are people who had jobs until the downturn . . .
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"Yucca Valley center hoping to give at-risk youth breather"Pacific Clinics Transitional Age Youth is a two-pronged program for young adults ages 16 to 25. The drop-in center offers a safe place for young people to socialize, do their homework, watch TV, access a computer and play pool or arcade games. It also offers kids who are homeless or nearly so a place to shower, launder their clothes and eat a meal…
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"Almost 25% of prison inmates live with serious mental illness - This sobering statistic led to topic of this year’s M.I.L.E.S. Conference "
October 23, 2010About two million people with serious mental illness are booked into jails each year according to a white paper released by NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness). -
"Pacific Clinics Transitional Age Youth Center Offers Hope to Youth with Mental Health Challenges in San Bernardino County"
August 5, 2009For homeless youth, especially those with mental health and substance abuse conditions, life on the streets is a cold and dangerous place. -
"Pacific Clinics therapists Provide Trauma Therapy Services "
May 5, 2009Four mental health clinicians from Arcadia-based Pacific Clinics’ Asian Pacific Family Center traveled to China just a few weeks after the devastating earthquake centered in Sichuan province May 12, 2008. Three of those individuals provided services in the most devastated areas and the fourth in two major cities in Northern China where the quake was also strongly felt. -
"2009 Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Divas to perform at Pacific Clinics Fundraising brunch at El Cholo Café in Pasadena"
March 19, 2009To raise awareness and benefit its Portals' Western Avenue Renovation Project, Pacific Clinics is holding its third Portals and El Cholo Fiesta Brunch fundraiser in Pasadena. The brunch will be held on Sunday March 29, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m, at El Cholo Café, 958 S. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena.. -
"M.I.L.E.S. collaboration between Los Angeles area law enforcement agencies and Pacific Clinics to be recognized for successful partnership"
March 9, 2009Thomas J. Moran, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of New York-based Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, announced today that Arcadia, Calif.-based Pacific Clinics and local Los Angeles area law enforcement agencies have been recognized with a Mutual of America Community Partnership Award for their collaboration on the M.I.L.E.S. program.. -
"Pacific Clinics' Jason West Honored with National Award for Excellence in Consumer and Family Advocacy"
March 6, 2009Jason West, Peer Partner at Pacific Clinics, is being recognized with the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare's 2009 Award of Excellence in Consumer and Family Advocacy for his outstanding ability to advocate on behalf of those overcoming mental health challenges.. -
"Alhambra Unified School District’s Gateway to Success Program receives award from M.I.L.E.S. Coalition "
October 8, 2008Remember when you were in school? Can you recall those days when you didn’t do too well in class because you didn’t get enough sleep the night before or were upset by something that happened at home? Now try to imagine what it’s like for children with mental health problems not only struggling to complete their schoolwork but faced with incredible stigma from their peers.. -
"Pacific Clinics presents its first Visionary Leadership Award at the 16th Annual M.I.L.E.S. Conference"
October 7, 2007This year, Pacific Clinics' presented its first Visionary Leadership Award for Mental Health and Law Enforcement to Chief Ronald C. Banks (ret.). The annual M.I.L.E.S. Conference, held on September 27, 2007, attracted over 330 mental health and law enforcement professionals to hear domestic violence expert David B. Wexler, Ph.D. -
"USC School of Social Work names Pacific Clinics 2006 Agency of the Year"
May 7, 2007"Pacific Clinics is in the forefront of treatment of their consumers utilizing the psycho-social model and the inclusion of current field research in their practices," stated USC School of Social Work Assistant Dean, Micki Gress, Ph.D. -
"Eighth Annual Passageways Homeless Resource Fair held at new location"
October 16, 2006Pacific Clinics President/CEO Susan Mandel, Ph.D. announced that San Bernardino County Mental Health Commissioner May Farr has joined Pacific Clinics Board of Directors. Ms. Farr has been a strong mental health advocate since the 1990's. She is very active in the NAMI Inland Valley chapter and assisted its start-up in the region.Farr's background as a nurse has proven to be beneficial in her advocacy work.
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