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Practitioners describe growing use of acupuncture in county mental-health programs and student training partnerships
Summary
Presenters from Santa Cruz and 5 Branches University described community programs that integrate acupuncture into mental-health care, cited referral trends, and highlighted externships and revenue models used by Federally Qualified Health Centers.
Acupuncturists and educators presented examples of how acupuncture and Asian medicine are being used to treat mental and emotional health disorders in county clinics and federally qualified health centers, and described student-training partnerships that expand clinical capacity.
Nicholas Hancock, a licensed practitioner and educator, and Jacqueline Byrd (also identified as Jacqueline Vandus and Bird), a DAOM-level practitioner who manages the acupuncture program at the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, presented program…
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