Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
Jorge Partida has extensive work experience in the field of mental health and addiction recovery. Jorge currently serves as the Chief of Psychology at the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health since September 2018. Previously, they held the position of Clinical Director / Director of Family Services at Alo House Recovery-Malibu starting from August 2014. Before that, Jorge was the Founder of J.Partida Consulting, where they worked from January 2003 to June 2011.
Jorge Partida has a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and a Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University Chicago.
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is the largest county mental health department in the country. LACDMH directly operates 75 program sites and more than 100 co-located sites. Additionally, LACDMH contracts with approximately 1,000 providers, including non-governmental agencies and individual practitioners who provide a spectrum of mental health services to people of all ages to support hope, wellbeing and recovery. Our diverse workforce, including nurses, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, medical doctors, community workers, trained family members and trained mental health consumers, serve over 250,000 residents of all ages each year. Mission Our mission at LACDMH is to optimize the hope, recovery, wellbeing, and life trajectory of Los Angeles County's most vulnerable through access to care and resources that promote not only independence and personal recovery but also connectedness and community reintegration.