Drs. Brown and Gerbarg Speak at International College of Integrative Medicine Congress March 19

March 18, 2010 - PRLog -- HaveAHealthyMind.com
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Integrative Psychiatrists Richard P. Brown MD and Patricia Gerbarg MD Present Mental Wellness Techniques at International College of Integrative Medicine 52nd Congress March 19, 2010


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 present “Movement and Breath: Keys to Healthy Transformation,” Friday, March 19, 2010, from 11 am to 12:15 pm, at the combined American Holistic Medical Association and International College of Integrative Medicine 52nd Congress at the Nashville Airport Marriott, Nashville, Tennessee.  The conference is entitled Healthy Brain, Healthy Body: Mental Wellness in the 21st Century.

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.  

The Healthy Brain, Healthy Body: Mental Wellness in the 21st Century conference is intended to be instructional to physicians and practitioners of all backgrounds.   “The AHMA and ICIM seminars will provide practical applications that can be safely and competently implemented in offices,” according to program co-chairs Jeannette Soriano, MD, of Calgary, Canada, and J. David Forbes, MD, of Nashville, TN.  “We believe that providing great care is about more than just the accumulation of left-brained knowledge.  It is an extension of our selves.”  Information about the March 17-21 programs can be found at the web site  integrativemedicineconference.com.

Dr. Brown and Dr. Gerbarg have an Internet site at HaveAHealthyMind.com with mental health information and resources.

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