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Patricia L. Gerbarg, M.D.
Curriculum Vitae
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ACADEMIC TRAINING, AWARDS & LICENSING |
| 1971 B.A. |
Brown University, Providence, RI., Magna Cum Laude |
| 1975 M.D. |
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| 1975 - 1976 |
Rotating Intern, Cambridge City Hospital, Cambridge, MA |
| 1976 - 1979 |
Resident in Psychiatry, Beth Israel, Hospital, Boston, MA |
| 1979 - 1991 |
Psychoanalytic Training: Graduate Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Boston, MA Institute, |
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PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS |
| 1979 - 1983 |
Assistant in Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA |
| 1979 - 1982 |
Attending Acute Impatient Unit and Consultant in Psychiatry, Cambridge City Hospital, Cambridge, MA |
| 1979 - 1983 |
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School |
| 1984 - 1991 |
Assistant Clinical Professor in Family Practice, New York Medical College |
| 1984 - 1991 |
Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency. Lecturer, Preceptor, Consultant in Psychiatry |
| 1984 - Present |
Courtesy Staff, Benedictine Hospital, Kingston, NY |
| 1984 - 1999 |
Courtesy Staff, Kingston Hospital, Kingston, NY |
| 1984 - Present |
Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Extension Division |
| 1997 - Present |
Assistant Clinical Professor in Psychiatry New York Medical College |
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HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 1971 |
Magna Cum Laude, Brown University, Providence, RI |
| 1971 |
Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University, Providence, RI |
| 1975 |
Sandoz Award in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School |
| 2009 |
National Best Book Awards 2009 – Health Alternative medicine – Winner First Place |
| 2010 |
Living Now Book Awards 2010 – Health/Wellness – Winner Bronze |
| 2010 |
International Book Awards 2010 – Health: Alternative Medicine – Winner First Place |
| 2010 |
International Book Awards–Psychology/Mental Health–Finalist |
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LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS |
| July 1, 1976 |
Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners #149572 |
| May 6, 1977 |
Massachusetts Board of Registration and Discipline in Medicine, License Registration #40911, May 6, 1977 |
| March 1982 |
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Diplomate certified in the subspecialty of Psychiatry #23183, March, 1982 |
| Dec 3, 1982 |
University of the State of New York Education Department, License Registration in Medicine and Surgery #152667 |
| Oct 14, 2007 |
Basic PTSD Training Focused on Returning Combat Veterans, Board of Behavioral Sciences, California Continuing Education Provider #1296, National Veterans Foundation, President Shad Meshad, MSW, LCSW, CTS |
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| Other Professional Activities |
| 1974 - 1977 |
Reader for The Harvard Guide to Modern Psychiatry, Ed. Armand Nicholi, Jr., Harvard University Press, 1978 |
| 1975 - 1977 |
Reader for Chemotherapy in Psychiatry, Ross Baldessarini, M.D., Harvard University Press, 1977 |
| 1976 - 1979 |
Longitudinal study of Harvard Medical Students and Graduates with Dr. Carol Nadelson and Dr. Molkah Notman. |
| 1978 - 1979 |
Joint Committee on the Status of Women, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
| 1979 - Present |
Private Practice in Psychiatry |
| 1983 - 1990 |
Community Services Board of Ulster County, NY
1987-1990 Chair of Mental Health Subcommittee |
| 1996 - Present |
Hudson Valley Psychiatric Associates, L.L.C. - Group Practice in Psychiatry |
| 2002 - 2008 |
Co-Chair Research Committee Art of Living Foundation |
| 2007 - 2008 |
International Association for Human Values, professional consultant for Committee to develop Project Welcome Home Troops, program of stress reduction for military personnel and veterans |
| 2008 - Present |
Development and provision of stress reduction workshops for the 9/11 Community, First Responders, Ground Zero workers and others affected by the WTC attacks with Serving Those Who Serve (Non-Profit) |
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| Professional Societies |
| 1978 - Present |
American Psychiatric Association |
| 1978 - 1983 |
Massachusetts Psychiatric Society |
| 1984 - Present |
New York State Psychiatric Society |
| 1984 - Present |
Mid-Hudson Psychiatric Society |
| 1984 - Present |
Medical Society State of New York |
| 1984 - Present |
Ulster County Medical Society |
| 1990 - Present |
American Psychoanalytic Association |
| 1991 - Present |
Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute |
| 1993 - Present |
American Medical Association |
| 2009 - Present |
American Psychiatric Association Task Force on Complementary & Integrative Medicine |
| 2011 - Present |
American Botanical Council – Member of the Advisory Board |
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| Teaching Experience |
| 1976 - 1979 |
Clinical Supervision of Harvard Medical Students in Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA |
| 1978 - 1979 |
Longitudinal Seminar in Psychopathology for Harvard Medical Students |
| 1979 - 1981 |
Supervision of West Cambridge Hospital Psychiatry Team, Cambridge, MA 1981 - 1982 |
| 1981 - 1982 |
Co-director seminar in psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy, Cambridge Hospital Psychotherapy Institute, Cambridge, MA |
| 1982 - 1983 |
Psychotherapy supervisor, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA |
| 1983 - 1990 |
Supervisor, Preceptor in Psychiatry behavioral sciences. Mid-Hudson Family Practice Residency. Medical Students |
| 1993 |
Lecture Ulster County Psychiatrists: Delusional Transference? |
| 1994-1999 |
CME lectures and case presentations sponsored by The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Extension Division for staff of the Psychiatric Unit at Benedictine Hospital and Ulster County Mental Health Services, Kingston, NY 1996 Evaluation and consultation to The Breast Center, Benedictine Hospital |
| 2005-2011 |
Breath~Body~Mind practices for professional conferences, service projects, mass disasters, and workshops |
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PUBLICATIONS |
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| Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings |
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Brown RP, Gerbarg PL, Bottiglieri T .S-adenosylmethionine in Depression: Biochemical and Clinical Evidence. Psychiatric Annals, 32(1):29-44, 2002. |
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Brown RP, Gerbarg PL, Bottiglieri T S-adenosylmethionine (SAMe) in the Clinical Practice of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Internal Medicine. Clinical Practice of Alternative Medicine, 1(4):230-241, 2000. |
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Brown RP and Gerbarg PL. Herbs and nutrients in the treatment of depression, anxiety, insomnia, migraine, and obesity. Journal of Psychiatric Practice, 7:75-91, March 2001. |
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Kenny E, Muskin PR, Brown RP, Gerbarg PL. What the general psychiatrist should know about herbal medicine. Current Psychiatry Reports, 3:226-234, 2001. |
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Brown RP, Gerbarg PL, Ramazanov Z: A Phytomedical Review of Rhodiola rosea. Herbalgram, 56:40-62, 2002. |
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Brown RP and Gerbarg PL: Sudarshan Kriya yogic breathing in the treatment of stress, anxiety, and depression: Part I-neurophysiologic model. J Alternative and Complementary Med. 11(1):189-201, 2005. |
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Brown RP and Gerbarg PL: Sudarshan Kriya Yogic Breathing in the Treatment of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: Part II – Clinical Applications and Guidelines. J Alternative and Complementary Med. 11(4):711-717, August 2005. |
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Gerbarg PL and Brown RP: Yoga: a breath of relief for Hurricane Katrina refugees. Current Psychiatry. 4(10): 55-67, Oct 2005. |
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Gerbarg, PL: Neuro-psychoanalysis and yoga: a match made in heaven. Proceedings World Conference Expanding Paradigms: Science, Consciousness and Spirituality. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Feb 24-25, 2006, pp. 79-89. |
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Descilo T, Vedamurthachar A, Gerbarg PL, Nagaraja D, Gangadhar BN, Damodoran R, Adelson B, Braslow L, Brown RP. Comparison of a yoga-breath based program and a client-centered exposure therapy for relief of PTSD and depression survivors of tsunami disaster. Proceedings World Conference Expanding Paradigms: Science, Consciousness and Spirituality. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Feb 24-25, 2006, pp. 64-78. |
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Larsen S, Yee WK, Gerbarg PL, Brown RP, Gunkleman J, Sherlin L. Neurophysiological markers of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga practices: a pilot study. Proceedings World Conference Expanding Paradigms: Science, Consciousness and Spirituality. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Feb 24-25, 2006, pp. 36-48. |
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Brown RP and Gerbarg PL. Yoga breathing, meditation, and longevity. In Longevity, Regeneration, and optimal health, integrating Eastern and Western perspectives, Ed. C. Bushness, E. Olivo, and N Theise. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2009, 1172:54-62. |
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Descilo T, Vedamurtachar A, Gerbarg PL, Nagaraja D, Gangadhar BNG, Damodaran B, Adelson B, Braslow LH, Marcus M, Brown RP. Effects of a Yoga-Breath Intervention Alone and in Combination with an Exposure Therapy for PTSD and Depression in Survivors of the 2004 Southeast Asia Tsunami. Acta Psychiatr Scand Aril 2010, 121(4):289-300. |
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Gerbarg PL, Streeter CC, Whitfield T, Brown RP. Breath-Body-Mind (B-B-M) Training for Healthcare Providers Post 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. Poster presented at SYTAR, Stockbridge, MA. Sept. 23-25, 2011. |
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Gerbarg PL, Wallace G, Brown RP. Mass disasters and mind-body solutions: Evidence and field insights. International Journal of Yoga Therapy. 2011. 2(21):23-34. |
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Streeter CC, Gerbarg PL, Saper MD, Ciraulo DA, and Brown RP. Effects of Yoga on the autonomic nervous system, gamma-aminobutyric-acid, and allostasis in epilepsy, depression, and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Medical Hypothesis [in press]. |
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Katzmann MA, Vermani M, Gerbarg PL, Brown RP, iorio C, Davis M, Cameron C, Pawluk E, Tsirgielis D. A multicomponent Yoga-based, breath intervention program as adjunctive treatment in patients suffering from Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) with or without comorbidities. International Journal of Yoga. [in press] |
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| Books and Book Chapters |
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Brown RP & Gerbarg PL. Integrative Psychopharmacology: A Practical Approach to Herbs and Nutrients in Psychiatry by Chapter 1 in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Psychiatry, Edited by PR Muskin, Review of Psychiatry Volume 19, No 1, Series Editors John M Oldham, MD and Michelle Riba MD, American Psychiatric Press Inc, Washington, DC, 2000. |
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Brown RP & Gerbarg PL. Update on S-adenosylmethionine, new introduction in Stop Depression Now by RP Brown, MD; T Bottiglieri, PhD; and C Coleman. Penguin Putnam, New York, NY, 2000 2nd Edition. |
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Brown RP and Gerbarg PL. Alternative Treatments in Brain Injury in Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury, Second Edition edited by Silver JM, Yudofsky SC, McAllister TW. American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Washington, DC, 2004. Pp 679-696. |
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Brown RP, Gerbarg PL, Muskin PR. Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry in Psychiatry 2nd Edition edited by Tasman A, Kay J, Lieberman JA., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, London, UK, 2003, Chapter 104, pp. 2147-2183. |
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Brown RP, Gerbarg PL, Graham, B: The Rhodiola Revolution, Rodale Press, NY, 2004. |
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Gerbarg PL: Yoga and Neuro-Psychoanalysis, chapter in Bodies in Treatment: The Unspoken Dimension. Edited by FS Anderson. The Analytic press, Inc. Hillsdale, NJ. 2008, pp.127-150. |
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Gerbarg PL, Brown RP. Yoga, chapter 15 in Complementary and Alternative Treatments in Mental Health Care, ed. J Lake and D Spiegel, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. Washington, DC 2007, pp 381-400. |
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Brown RP, Gerbarg PG, Muskin PR. Chapter 108 Alternative Treatments in Psychiatry in Psychiatry 3nd Edition edited by Tasman A, Kay J, and Lieberman J. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, London, UK. 2008, Pp 2318-2353. |
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Brown RP, Gerbarg PL. Chapter 10. Exam Failure and Grace Jin, Complementary Medicine and Integrative Psychopharmacology, in Approach to the Psychiatric Patient: Case-based Essays, Ed. JW Barnhill. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. Washington, |
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Brown RP, Gerbarg PL, Muskin PR. How to Use Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga in Mental Health Care. W.W. Norton & Company, New York. 2009. |
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Brown RP and Gerbarg PL. Integrative Treatments in Brain Injury in Neuropsychiatry of Traumatic Brain Injury, Third Edition edited by Silver JM, Yudofsky SC, McAllister TW. American Psychiatric Press, Inc. Washington, DC, 2011. |
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Brown RP and Gerbarg PL. Non-drug Treatments for ADHD: Options for Kids, Adults, and Clinicians. W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 2012. |
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Gerbarg PG and Brown RP. Chapter: Therapeutic Nutrients and Herbs in Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient 3rd Edition. Ed. David D'Addona, Barry Fogel, and Donna Greenberg. Oxford University Press, Inc., New York.[in press] |
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Brown RP and Gerbarg PL. The Healing Power of Breath. Shambhala. New York. [in press]. |
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LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS - PARTIAL LIST |
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| 2011 Lectures and Workshops |
| June 20-22, 2011 |
Breath~Body~Mind Training for Health Care Providers in Mississippi for Relief of Stress Related to the Gulf Oil Spill. Funded by a grant from the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. |
| May 26, 2011 |
National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE. Bethesda, MD. Integrating Breath work for treatments of Stress, Burnout, Depression, and PTSD |
| May 14-17, 2011 |
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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Course: Complementary and Integrative Treatments for Stress, Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Mass Trauma, and Sexual Dysfunction |
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Course: Yoga of the East and West: Integrating Breath Work and Meditation Into Clinical Practice |
| May 7, 2011 |
Natural Treatments for Women s Health PMS, Pregnancy, Breast Feeding, Menopause, Fertility, and Sexual function. Women s Health & Fitness Expo,Kingston, NY. |
| April 3-5, 2011 |
Breath~Body~Mind Training for Health Care Providers in Mississippi for Relief of Stress Related to the Gulf Oil Spill. Funded by a grant from the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. |
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| 2010 Lectures and Workshops |
| Nov 19, 2010 |
Bard College. Get Smart Naturally |
| Nov 6, 2010 |
NAMI New York State Annual Meeting. Natural Approaches for Wellness and Transformation. Albany, NY |
| March 6-7, 2010 |
Anxiety Disorders Association of America Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD. |
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2. Experiential Training in Breath-Body-Mind Practices for Stress Reduction (with Movement and Meditation) |
| 04/23/10 |
Marist College. Breath, Body and Mind: Empowering the Healer and Client |
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Building Connections: The Sexual Assault & Mental Health Project in collaboration with Marist College presents a Trauma Training with Richard P. Brown, MD & Patricia L. Gerbarg, MD |
| 5/22-05/23/10 |
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA |
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1. The Way of Yoga, Herbs and Nutrients in the Treatment of Stress, Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Veteran PTSD, Mass Trauma, Schizophrenia, Cognitive Disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury, Attention Deficit Disorder full-day course |
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2. Yoga of the East and West: Integrating Breath Work and Meditation into Clinical Practice full day course including: Coherent Breathing, Victorious Breath (Ujjayi), Breath Moving, Qigong, and Open Focus Guided Meditation for relaxation and pain management |
| 07/11/10 |
Kripalu Guest Lecturer on Mind-Body Practices for post-traumatic stress disorder. In yoga teacher training course by Amy Weintraub |
| 9/26/10 |
National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, NY, NY |
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Neuro-psychoanalysis and Mind-Body Treatments for PTSD: Interoception - The Royal Road to Trauma Schemata |
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| 2009 Lectures and Workshops |
| 01/24/09 |
Get Smart Naturally: Herbs, Nutrients, and Mind-body Practices for Cognitive Enhancement. Center for Symbolic Studies, New Paltz, New York |
| 04\03\09 |
Herbs, Nutrients, and yoga for Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, and Mass Disasters. New York Society of Liason Psychiatrists Science Day. Bellevue Hospital, NY |
| 04/03/09 |
Mt. Sinai Hospital, NY |
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Mind-Body Practices for Recovery from Mass Disasters: Clinical Studies. |
| 04/04/09 |
Ackerman Institute, NY |
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Neuro-psychoanalysis and Yoga. |
| 05/19-05/21/09 |
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. |
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1. 6- hour Course: Herbs, Nutrients, and Yoga: Integrative Treatments for mood disorders, anxiety, depression, cognitive dysfunction, ADD, schizophrenia and sexual dysfuntion |
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2. 6-hour Course: Yoga of the East and West: Experiential training in Qigong and yoga breathing, coherent breathing, and Open Focus Meditation |
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3. Neuro-psychoanalysis and yoga: theory and case of PTSD. |
| 05/23/09 |
Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI. |
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Charles O. Cook MD Distinguished Visiting Lectureship |
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How to Stay Up when the Economy is Down: Lessons from Mass Disasters. |
| 10/15/09 |
Boston University School of Medicine Grand Rounds. New Breath Techniques Accelerate Recovery from PTSD. Lecture 2-3 pm: Experiential session on breathing techniques 3-4:30 pm |
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| 2008 Lectures and Workshops |
| 3/8/08 |
Anxiety Disorders Association of America Annual meeting, Savannah, GA: Mind-Body Practices in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders. Presented with Dr. Richard P. Brown. |
| 4/9-13/08 |
Division of Psychoanalysis (Division 39) 28th Annual Spring Meeting, NY: Panel Discussion of Bodies in Treatment: The Unspoken Dimension |
| 5/2-4/08 |
The 16th Annual International Military and Civilian Stress Conference. Utilizing an Integrative Approach to Managing Problems Related To Combat Stress, Los Angeles, CA: |
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1. Workshop Title: The Warrior's Breath Course - Yoga Techniques for Combat Stress/PTSD. Review of research and hands-on training in introductory breath techniques for stress reduction and stress resilience. Presented with Dr. Richard P. Brown: |
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2. Lecture: Comparison of a yoga-breath based program and a client-centered exposure therapy for relief of PTSD and depression in survivors of the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami disaster |
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3. Lecture: Clinical Guidelines for using yoga breath practices as adjunctive treatments for anxiety, insomnia, and PTSD |
| 5/7-8/08 |
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC: Presented with Dr. Richard P. Brown: |
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6-hour Course: Way of Herbs and Yoga in Psychiatry |
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6-hour Course: Yoga of the East and West: Integrating Breath Work and Meditation into Clinical Practice |
| 10/23/08 |
Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine Annual meetings, Integrating Clinical Neuroscience in Psychosomatic Medicine Across the Lifespan. Workshop with Philip R. Muskin and Richard P. Brown on Complementary and Alternative Treatments for Anxiety, Depression, and Cognitive Dysfunction |
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| 2007 Lectures and Workshops |
| 9/27/97 |
Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute: Drawing upon Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology in a Case of Sexual Abuse - presented with Dr. Jose Saporta, |
| 12/18/97 |
American Psychoanalytic Association Annual Meeting, Workshop on Dissociative Disorders: Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology in a Case of Sexual Abuse |
| 4/6/98 |
Tufts University: Psychoanalysis and Neurobiology |
| 6/4/98 |
American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting: Psychotherapy and Neurobiology in a Case of Sexual Abuse. Presented with Dr. Jose Saporta, |
| 5/23/02 |
American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting: Practical Approaches to Alternative and Complementary Treatments in Psychiatry presented with Dr. Richard P. Brown |
| 6/4/02 |
International Conference on Breath, New Delhi India, March 4-6, 2002. |
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Brown RP, Gerbarg PL. Yogic breathing and meditation: when the thalamus quiets the cortex and rouses the limbic system. |
| 6/9/04 |
American Botanical Council Conference, Rosenthal Center, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY. Rhodiola rosea benefits in menopause. |
| 5/6-7/04 |
American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting, NY, NY. Presented with Dr. Richard P. Brown |
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1. Alternative Treatments in Depression: SAM-e, Rhodiola rosea, Sudarshan Kriya Yoga. |
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2. Medical updates - Rhodiola rosea benefits for cognitive function |
| 5/7/05 |
The Way of Herbs and Yoga in Psychiatry - American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting, Atlanta. Presented with Dr. Richard P. Brown |
| 2/24/06 |
World Conference Expanding Paradigms: Science, Consciousness and Spirituality. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Feb 24-25, 2006: Neuro-psychoanalysis A Match Made in Heaven. |
| 5/6/06 |
American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting. Presented with Dr. Richard P. Brown. |
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Course: The Way of Herbs and Yoga in Psychiatry |
| 5/23/07 |
American Psychiatric Association Annual meeting, San Diego. Presented with Dr. Richard P. Brown |
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1. Course: The Way of Herbs and Yoga in Psychiatry |
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2. Scientific Symposium: Comparison of a yoga-breath based program and a client-centered exposure therapy for relief of PTSD and depression in survivors of the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami disaster |
| 7/25/07 |
Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Presented with Dr. Richard P. Brown |
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1. Project Welcome Home Troops for Relief of Combat Stress Injury |
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2. Comparison of a yoga-breath based program and a client-centered exposure therapy for relief of PTSD and depression in survivors of the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami disaster |
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