Dr. Harry Brickman was the founding Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health in 1960 and served in that position until 1976. He received his medical degree from NYU, interned at the Menninger Clinic, and completed his residency in psychiatry at UCSF.  For the next few years, he gained a variety of experiences, setting up a new Mental Health Clinic in Riverside, completing a tour of duty as a Naval psychiatrist in San Diego, and worked as medical director of a youth correctional facility in Norwalk.  In 1957, he joined the faculty of the UCLA Department of Psychiatry.  As the first Director of LAC-DMH, he increased the provision of mental health services throughout the County, with an emphasis on consultative services, and established the Education and Research Division to build a knowledge base for future planning. After leaving LAC-DMH, Dr. Brickman pursued teaching and practice as a member of the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences until his death in 2018.

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