Chronic pain afflicts over 20% of the adult population. Sadly, most MDs have essentially no education in treating pain, beyond offering a few toxic medications. Then they tend to steer people with pain away from those health practitioners who are trained. This puts the acupuncture community on the front lines for addressing this epidemic.
Joseph (Changqing) Yang, PhD, LAc
Dr. Joseph (Changqing) Yang received his bachelor's degree in TCM and master's degree from Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin, China, in 1984. In 1998, he earned his PhD degree in neuropsychiatry from Kobe University, Japan. Dr. Yang is the president and founder of the American Institute of Mental Health in Traditional Chinese Medicine (AIMHTCM). He also is the vice director of the mental health committee and the vice director of the psychosomatic committee of the World Federation of TCM. He has a private clinic in West Los Angeles.