Psychiatrist in Santa Monica, California Luis Fitten, Psychiatrist

Dr. Jaime Fitten is a thoughtful listener who approaches patient concerns with genuine interest, sensitivity, and true regard for the patient. He has extensive experience in adult and geriatric psychiatry, treating anxiety and depressive disorders, bipolarity, obsessive-compulsive and stress-related disorders, ADHD, somatoform and sleep-wake disorders, male sexual dysfunction, and neurocognitive disorders. He uses both medications and psychotherapy to treat, depending on patient needs and preferences. He believes in patient participation in the making of treatment decisions. Jaime is an avid sports fan, cycles, writes and has strong interests in literature, music, and travel.

By way of education, he is a medical graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and trained in Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at the USC School of Medicine (1975-80) and in Geriatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine (1980-82) where he remained as Professor (1982-2017) and Professor Emeritus (2017 to present). He has been in continuous clinical practice since 1982.