free mental health crisis counseling to Diamond Bar fire victims

   County of Los Angeles

Department of Mental Health

 

Marvin J. Southard, D.S.W.                                                                              Contact:   Ken Kondo, PIO II

 Director of Mental Health                                                                                                   (213) 507-2976 - Cell                     

PRESS RELEASE                                   

      For Immediate Release

 

 

MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS COUNSELORS DEPLOYED

TO “TRIANGLE” FIRE EVACUATION CENTERS

IN DIAMOND BAR AND WALNUT 

 

LOS ANGELES (Sun., Nov. 16, 2008 – 6:55 p.m.) – The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) has deployed its teams of mental health crisis counselors to the “Triangle” Fire Evacuation Centers located at Diamond Bar High School and Walnut High School. 

 

The Department of Mental Health also announced it will be offering free mental health crisis counseling services to the Diamond Bar “Triangle” Fire victims and family members beginning on Mon., Nov. 17.

 

Arcadia Mental Health Center

330 E. Live Oak Ave.

Arcadia, 91006

(626) 821-5858

 

(Hours of Operations: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.)

 

For more information and after hour services, contact the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health’s ACCESS Center at (800) 854-7771. The ACCESS Center is open 24 hours, seven days a week, including all holidays.

 

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