Pacific Clinics Orange County Director Appointed to
California Women's Mental Health Policy Council

Arcadia, CA-May 18, 2005-Rowena Gillo-Gonzales, LCSW, Director of Pacific Clinics Orange County Services, has been appointed to the California Women's Mental Health Policy Council, an independent, non-profit research and advocacy organization. A member of the Council's Steering Committee, Gillo-Gonzales serves on the Policy Sub-Committee which advocates for equitable mental health services for girls and women in programs offered throughout the State.

Pacific Clinics Orange County Services provides comprehensive adult outpatient services to the region through its clinics in the cities of Orange, Westminster and Laguna Niguel. CalWORKs Adult Services are also offered at its clinics in San Clemente and Westminster.

Pacific Clinics has been providing behavioral healthcare services since 1926. In 1996, the Orange County Healthcare Agency's Department of Mental Health awarded Pacific Clinics a contract to provide a full range of mental health services to adults. Pacific Clinics also provides services in the counties of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino.