Mental Health Clinic Case Study

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health is the largest county-operated mental health department in the United States, directly operating programs in more than 85 sites, and providing services via contract program and DMH staff at approximately 300 sites co-located with other County departments, schools, courts and other organizations. The goals are to: Provide quality, strength based mental health services to children. Help children achieve success at school and in the community. Strengthen and empower family relationships by fostering hope, wellness and resiliency
Long Beach Asian Pacific Islander Family Mental Health Clinic is one of Los Angeles Department of Mental Health Clinic directly operating program servicing Children, Adolescent and Family in Long Beach. Saphay Nan, Psychiatric Social Worker, is one of the staff at Long Beach API Mental Health Clinic who works with children and adolescent. Saphay Nan graduated from California State University Long Beach with a Bachelor in Public Administration in 1994. She went on to obtained a Master in Social Work from University of Southern California in 2004. Ms. Nan has been working for Los Angeles Department of
Saphay is currently responsible for 35 cases which consist of children between age 5 to 17 years old. School staff, parents, or mandated by court order are example of how children are referred to Long Beach API MHC. Mental Health issues that Saphay has been helping children with are Adjustment Disorder, Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Mood Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, Anger, and ADHD. The treatment plans that Saphay employed to help the children in her case load are talk-therapy, play-therapy, along with cognitive behavior therapy. Ms. Nan took time to highlight the important of informing her clients about