Finding Aid for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records
0423
Finding aid prepared by Jane Adler and Clay Stalls
USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California, 90089-0189
213-740-5900
specol@usc.edu
1999 September 23
Title: Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records
Collection number: 0423
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 linear ft.
5 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1960-1992
Abstract: The bulk of the material in this collection consists of studies, reports, and other publications that the Los Angeles County
Department of Mental Health has either issued or commissioned, 1960-1992.
creator:
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Mental Health.
Conditions Governing Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
The use of archival materials for on-site research does not constitute permission from the California Social Welfare Archives
to publish them. Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives, and the researcher is instructed
to obtain permission to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder# or item name], Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health records, Collection no. 0423, California Social
Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Administrative history
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health was created in 1960, by an ordinance of the County of Los Angeles Board
of Supervisors, upon recommendation of the Mental Health Advisory Board. The purpose of the new Department was to operate
under the provisions of the Short-Doyle Act, with an initial budget of $1,000,000. The Department has continued to grow and
now stands as one of the larger in the nation.
Scope and Content
The bulk of the material in this collection consists of studies, reports, and other publications that the Los Angeles County
Department of Mental Health has either issued or commissioned. The collection holds material dating from the Department's
creation in 1960 through 1992. Under the series "Publications," and in box 5, folder 1, can be found a draft copy of a County
Mental Health response program to natural disasters and "civil unrest." This, as the draft makes clear, was written after
the riots of 1992.
Arrangement
The series "Publications" was established to describe the chief part of the collection. To describe the character of the other
material in this collection the catch-all title "Correspondence, Memoranda, and Forms" was established.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Los Angeles County (Calif.). Dept. of Mental Health. -- Archives
Child mental health services--California--Los Angeles County--Archival resources
Correspondence
Memorandums
Mental health planning--California--Los Angeles County--Archival resources
Mental health services--California--Los Angeles County--Archival resources
Mental health services--California--Los Angeles County--Evaluation--Archival resources
Mental health services--United States--Archival resources
Reports
Box 1, Folder 1
Correspondence, Memorandums, Forms
1960, 1981
Box 1, Folder 1
Letter, reports, memoranda
1960, 1981
Scope and Content
Letter re creation Dept. of Mental Health; minutes and report of Mental Health Committee; memorandum from County; report and
memorandum from State re Short-Doyle Funding; chart review checklist; partial copy of paper on history of mental health system.
Box 5, Folder 6
Pamphlets, reports, memorandums
1960, 1989
Scope and Content
Pamphlets, reports, memorandum re CIS information sheet, creation of LA County Dept. of Mental Health, Short-Doyle Plan, Community
Planning Council of Pasadena.
Box 1, Folder 2
Draft copy of "County of Los Angeles Short-Doyle Plan for Mental Health Services. 1981-82/1981-84. Phase I"
1981
Box 1, Folder 3
Bound copy of "Los Angeles County Plan for Mental Health Services 1969-1970"
1968
Box 1, Folder 4
Abstract of "Los Angeles County Plan for Mental Health Services, 1969-1970"
1969 February
Box 1, Folder 5
Dept. of Mental Health Biennial Report: Fiscal Years 1959-1960, 1960-1961. Los Angeles County
undated
Box 1, Folder 6
Reports re various issues for LA County Dept. of Mental Health
1960-1983
Box 1, Folder 7
LA County Dept. of Mental Health, Evaluation & Research Division: Patient and Services Statistics Reports, no. 3, no. 4
1966, 1967
Box 1, Folder 8
Summary of "Recommendations for a National Mental Health Program," by Joint commission on Mental Illness and Health, U.S.
Congress
1961
Box 2, Folder 1
Run of reports published in E & R Papers, LA County Dept. of Mental Health Services
1973-1976
Box 2, Folder 2
Run of reports published in E & R Papers, LA County Dept. of Mental Health
1976-1982
Box 2, Folder 3
Directory of Providers (for LA County Mental Health, 1977); "Planning vs. Chaos", Proceedings of a Conference … in Los Angeles
County (sponsored by LA County Dept. of Mental Health, 1966)
1966, 1977
Box 2, Folder 4
LA County Dept. of Mental Health Inventory of Resources
1969 September
Box 2, Folder 5
LA County Dept. of Mental Health, Evaluation & Research Division: Patient and Service Statistics, Reports no. 5, no. 6
1968 January, July
Box 2, Folder 6
Behavioral Health Component of 1978 Health Systems Plan for Los Angeles County, April 1978: Diagnosis and Treatment Services
1978 April
Box 2, Folder 7
Paper prepared by LA County Dept. of Mental Health, Program Development Bureau, Evaluation and Research Division: "Units of
Service by Place of Treatment…"; miscellaneous papers
1971 June, 1980
Box 2, Folder 8
"Community Mental Health in 1971," by Donald Schwartz
1971
Box 2, Folder 9
"Some Differences between the Individual Who Is Accepted as an Inpatient and the Individual Who is Referred Away…" by Areta
Crowell, Roger Rice
undated
Box 3, Folder 1
LA County Dept. of Mental Health Services, Client and Service Statistics, Report no. 13, 1975-76
1978
Box 4, Folder 1
"Mental Health Resources in Los Angeles County: An Inventory Prepared by the County of Los Angeles Dept. of Health Services,
Mental Health Services"
circa 1972
Box 4, Folder 2
Report on plan of consolidation of Office of Mental Health Social Services and LA County Dept. of Mental Health's Continuing
Care System
1985
Box 5, Folder 1
County of Los Angeles-Dept. of Mental Health, Los Angeles Fires and Civil Unrest, Nine Month Regular Program Proposal (draft)
undated
Box 5, Folder 2
"The Protective Services Child Health System," grant proposal prepared by Los Angeles County, Dept. of Mental Health, et al.
1992
Box 5, Folder 3
Final proposal to State of California re Comprehensive Mental Health Services System for Children and Adolescents
1989
Box 5, Folder 4
Los Angeles County Dept. of Mental Health Case Management Plan
1985
Box 5, Folder 5
LA County Dept. of Mental Health reports re homeless mentally ill and Medi-Cal Mental Health Managed Care
1985
Box 5, Folder 7
Study by Joseph Madonia submitted to LA County Dept.of Mental Health: "Results of a Study on Industrial Mental Health and
Employee Assistance Services at Thirty Companies in Los Angeles County"
1981
