Drs. Brown and Gerbarg Discuss Integrative Mental Health Care Online with Andrea November 19, 2009

Nov. 17, 2009 - PRLog -- HaveAHealthyMind.com
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Los Angeles, CA  -  Richard P Brown, MD, and Patricia Gerbarg, MD, internationally renowned pioneers of CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) and co-authors of the award-winning How To Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care (WW Norton, 2009) with Philip Muskin, MD, will discuss their work and the treatments set forth in their book with host Andrea Garrison of the Online with Andrea Radio Show Thursday, November 19, 2009, from 4:30 to 6:30 pm PT, 7:30 to 9:30 pm ET, live on the Internet at Blog Talk  Radio.  

Drs. Brown and Gerbarg will provide a glimpse into advanced breath techniques, as well as movement and meditation practices they developed to help stressed and traumatized people improve energy, sleep quality, stress resilience, and peace of mind.   Their work is a unique fusion of ancient and modern mind-body approaches derived from QiGong, yoga, Christian monks, Coherent Breathing, Open Focus Meditation, and martial arts.

Dr. Brown is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York. He gives over 200 medical lectures every year, including full-day courses for the American Psychiatric Association and other professional groups. He is a certified teacher of Aikido (4th Dan), Yoga, Qi Gong, and meditation.  His workshops, sponsored by the non-profit, Serving Those Who Serve (www.STWS.org), help New Yorkers recover from the effects of the September 11th Word Trade Center Attacks.

Dr. Gerbarg is an Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychiatry at New York Medical College.  She graduated from Harvard Medical School and the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.  In addition to her clinical practice, she provides consultation and facilitates the development of research projects on the health benefits of mind-body practices for recovery from mass disasters such at the September 11th World Trade Center attacks, the southeast Asian tsunami, and military personnel.  

Co-Author Dr. Muskin is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Chief of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Hospital.  

Dr. Brown and Dr. Gerbarg have a web site with mental health information and resources at HaveAHealthyMind.com.              

Radio host Andrea Garrison produces her weekly two-hour program, Online with Andrea, on Internet radio at Blog Talk Radio.  Topics on her program include explorations of “health, fitness, body, mind, heart, soul, spirit, the spoken word, art, music, dance, theater, film, the environment, planet earth, and beyond.”  Garrison is also the author of the highly praised book The Crossing Over of Mattie Pearl, also available on CD and DVD.  Garrison’s web site is onlinewithandrea.com.

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