# Barton Health expands access to behavioral, mental health services

- URL: https://theranews.net/blog/2026-06-06-barton-health-expands-access-to-behavioral-mental-health-services-d56e67/
- Published: 2026-06-06
- Type: Archive summary (AI-assisted summary of third-party reporting)
- Original outlet: tahoedailytribune
- Original report: https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/barton-health-expands-access-to-behavioral-mental-health-services/
- Topics: mental-health
- Publisher: TheraNews, operated by AdvancedCare USA Inc.
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> SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Barton Health welcomes Erica Cusick, DO, a board-certified psychiatrist, and Cheryl A. Busby, LCSW, licensed clinical social worker, to Barton Psychiatry & Mental Health. Dr. Cusick brings extensive experience treating adult patients across a wide range of conditions,...

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Barton Health in South Lake Tahoe has expanded its behavioral health team with the addition of two mental health professionals: Dr. Erica Cusick, a board-certified psychiatrist, and Cheryl A. Busby, a licensed clinical social worker.

Dr. Cusick brings experience treating adult patients across a wide range of conditions, with specialization in perinatal and postpartum mental health as well as geriatric psychiatry. Busby specializes in trauma treatment, anxiety, depression, life transitions, anger management, end-of-life counseling, and grief work, supporting patients ages 5 and older.

The expanded Barton Psychiatry & Mental Health team now includes five providers and offers a full range of services for child, adolescent, and adult psychiatric conditions, including anxiety, autism spectrum disorders, behavioral concerns, bipolar disorder, depression, developmental disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

According to Dr. Clint Purvance, President and CEO of Barton Health, "Mental health plays a critical role in overall health and wellbeing, and access to these services remains a growing need in our community." Barton Psychiatry & Mental Health is located at 1067 4th Street in South Lake Tahoe. For appointments, patients can call 530.600.1968.

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