Integrative Mental Health Expert Patricia Gerbarg, MD, Is Guest on Healthy Place TV January 12, 2010

Jan. 9, 2010 - PRLog -- HaveAHealthyMind.com
Media contact:  WJ Carrel


Los Angeles, CA – Patricia L. Gerbarg, MD, integrative mental health expert and co-author of the award-winning book How to Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care (WW Norton, 2009), is the guest of Harry Croft, MD, on Healthy Place TV, Tuesday, January 12, 2010, from 6 to 7 pm ET, on the Internet at healthyplace.com/mental-health-tv-show.  The show will focus on natural and integrative treatments for mental health conditions.

Dr. Gerbarg will provide a glimpse into integrative treatments combining herbs, nutrients, and mind-body practices with standard approaches to improve outcomes and minimize medication side effects.  She will discuss best treatments for anxiety, PTSD, depression, brain function, fatigue, and post-Lyme recovery.

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

Harry Croft, MD, is the Medical Director of HealthyPlace.com, and a psychiatrist in private practice in San Antonio, Texas.  He has lectured throughout the U.S., and has appeared on TV newscasts for over 17 years with his national award-winning mental health feature “The Mind is Powerful Medicine.”  He is also the author of a popular audio book, Treating Your Depression: Finding Light At the End of the Tunnel.

In addition to her numerous scientific articles and text book chapters, Dr. Gerbarg has been quoted in many popular magazines, most recently by Dr. Mehmet Oz, who cited her approach to treating post-Lyme disease symptoms in the December 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.

Dr. Gerbarg maintains a web site providing health information and resources with her husband, psychiatrist Richard P. Brown, MD, at HaveAHealthyMind.com.

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