Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Revised and Expanded): The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems

Dr. Amen has written a very readable, almost-500 pages long, book explaining his research and methodologies for helping ordinary people with brain related health issues. By training he is an MD with a specialty in psychiatry. However, he makes it very clear that, in most cases, historically psychiatrists have been prescribing medication often based on pure guess-work up till now. He has developed a novel approach to scanning a patient's brain to determine which particular areas appear to be receiving either too much input, or too little. Currently he has five clinics across America (Costa Mesa, Ca, Brisbane, Ca, Bellevue, Was, Reston, Va and Atlanta, GA). With over twenty years of using his approach to guide teams of medical doctors, psychiatrists and nutritionists they have thousands of brain scans illustrating almost all types of challenging brain-related issues. Dr. Amen has also collaborated with Faith groups, Rick Warren's Saddleback Church, to create The Daniel Plan to use Faith, Food, Fitness and Friends to help the world get healthier, in collaboration with well-known health advocate, Dr. Mark Hyman (p. xv). His brain scan, SPECT, is a nuclear medicine study that looks at blood flow and activity of areas in the brain. It will also show whether a person has had injuries from accidents or sports. The methodology and the treatments that have evolved have helped an increasing number of people, among them parents with children who suffer from learning disorders related to ADD/ADHD, children who have had head injuries and subsequent notable changes in behavior, couples who have been brought to the brink of divorce due to behavior and perception struggles, and people with severe depression challenges (p. 23). Dr. Amen cautions that, as in all cutting edge research, not all scientists agree with his findings, but notes that their evolving treatments are based on more than two decades of clinical data and observations. He states that a follow-up study with patients suffering from a combination of ADD, depression, anxiety and addiction, 84% reported that they functioned better after the Amen treatment (p.43). From an Education Profession perspective of watching an increasing number of our students appearing with attention-deficits disorders and autism spectrum issues most educational professionals would probably agree that, for many such parents, a consult and a brain scan might be preferable to watching their child face a life with diminishing skills and joy. For an increasing number of elderly people who are facing diminishing lives due to escalating incidents of Alzheimer brain incapacity, a consult and a brain scan might be worth an ounce of prevention. For people with a life history of taking responsibility for their own health, a consult and a brain scan may also become as useful as an annual heart and blood pressure exam. Dr. Amen and his teams have developed a well balanced paradigm and treatment protocol that includes both traditional medication as well as health based remedies such as 5-HTP, inositol, green tea, rhodiola, L-tyrosine, DHEA, SAMe, vitamin D, GABA, B6, magnesium, huperzine A, acetyl-L-carnitine, vinpocentine, and ginko biloba for issues related to addiction, depression, cravings, impulsivity and learning disabilities (p.292). The book was made endearing to readers by the inclusion of many case-narratives; it's not an intimidating 500-page medical research paper. The book may become a comforting go-to encyclopedic reference tool that is further extended by back-up website materials for many struggling parents, individuals and couples who have failed to find practical medical help for themselves, their family or their children.

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I saw this doctor on PBS TV and decided to buy his book to learn more about his work in this new field. The book is very interesting with Dr. Amen giving a lot of firsthand information about a beautiful complicated mess-- the human brain. His insight to the way things work make more sense than what medical science offers. The book is filled with images of brain scans which show the troubled areas inside the brain according to problem behaviors. Dr.Amen also offers advice in regards to brain tests, diet, treatments drugs and supplements relative for a healthy brain. Dr Amen's examples gave me a good understanding what causes people to act the way they do. I learned a lot of new facts about the human brain and glad I bought the book. However, this is not my first encounter with an unconventional approach to changing the brain. My loved one suffered from ADHD and had an extremely difficult time focusing. Conventional medical science offered stimulants which in my opinion, was a band aid solution with side effects.I took young loved one to a clinic much like Dr. Amen's where he had brain mapping. The spect showed excess activity in his frontal lobe. After 60 or more sessions working with a doctor who had tailored a neuro- feedback computer program, his brain found new pathways. The new pathways were fine tuned to areas of his brain where activity was needed to speed up and to reduce speed in the frontal lobe. I was astonished with the results of my loved ones' progress. For the first time in his life was able to focus and get A's and B's in his schoolwork.People remarked that he had changed remarkably well! He no longer got stuck in his thought process and was so enjoyable to sit down with and have a nice conversation.His treatment was expensive and not approved by the medical profession or insurance. I believe Dr Amen's work and doctors who use this approach are on the tip of the iceberg in healing many children suffering from the several forms of ADD and ADHD. I firmly believe this book is very informative, helpful and will give hope to many people who need help.

Reading this book felt like panning for gold during the gold rush. I would like to preface that I am not a psychology expert, but I am a psychology nerd and I enjoyed this book. I was immediately hooked by Daniel Amen’s life-changing proclaimations about his SPECT research, however I soon came to realize he’d refer me back to his other online material that required more monetary investment. Like what many other readers have mentioned, Dr. Amen heavily advertises his other resources throughout his book. Being the curious person that I am, I looked up how much a scan would cost ($3,500 and their clinic does not accept insurance). Fighting back the urge to get a scan, you can still utilize this book. I think the book offers various nuggets of knowledge, but you have to look for it in the river of text. I gained great understanding of the brain—prefrontal cortex, limbic system, basal ganglia, anterior cingulate cortex, temporal lobe—and how deficiencies in these areas may affect your brain. He also suggests remedies to these issues in an organized and concise method plan that Dr. Amen created. He offers both medicinal and natural ways to aid under or over performing areas in the brain, which I find extremely helpful since I believe in a more holistic approach. I’d say 20% of the book is comprised of educational content, 50% of patient testimonies/stories, 25% SPECT imaging explainations and the last 5% to self glorification.

Really really good well spoken well easy to understand not overly complicated and you actually get value and learn something from it I enjoyed reading it and implementing some of the step-by-step suggestions really made a difference in changing daily tasks and daily goals and the way we think I do recommend this book

Excellent read, helps to understand what one can do to help thyself. I liked the wealth of information and the outline of various disorders and how the brain operates during various phases. A must for anybody concerned about their mental and physical health and want to know how to improve both. It is easy to understand and the recommendations are equally simple to put into practice . Overall, a highly recommended book. Pictures posted for reference. I hope this helps. Should you need any further information, do leave a comment below, I'll definitely try to get back.

まず英文が読みやすい。簡潔明瞭で、難解な専門用語が最小限度に抑えられているので、辞書を引く回数が少なくてすらすら読み進めます。 患者の具体的治療例が問題部位とそれに対する使用薬剤とを紹介してくれている事で、現在問題を抱えて病院に行こうか迷ってる人、実際通院している人両者にとって、とても心強いアドバイスになると思います。 著者や、彼の実子の問題についても率直に書かれてあり、同じ問題を持つひとや親の立場からも励まされる情報が得られる嬉しさがあります。 薬剤を使用したくない人にとっても、薬剤を上手に使用するメリットの説明とともに、薬剤なしの自助的治療法も具体性があってとっても実行しやすいのが有難いです。

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Coruscating, insightful and indeed an inspirational book from Dr Daniel. I thoroughly recommend it to everyone,patients,parents,and doctors,alike. The missing link to a better,more productive and happier life is undoubtedly through greater understanding of our wonderful brain and it's multi modal functioning. Dr Amen's pioneering work on brain function and behaviour has come at an important time in our evolution.Now, more than ever, we have the tools and methods to look closer at human behaviour and see greater possibilities and solutions for healing and optimal working of our brains and ultimately our behaviour. No longer does the internal workings of our grey matter have to be shrouded in the cloak of obscurity and ignorance.The guessing games, the blind faith, the conjecture can now be pushed to one side.The doors of understanding and awareness have been well and truly opened. And,this book is just the beginning, tip of the iceberg, in brain research.But what a great start from Dr Amen and who better to lead the way and show us how to change our brains and ultimately change our lives, for the better.For all of us. Also,if you haven't see any of Daniels videos on YouTube,do so now. You will be inspired, moved and engaged in so many ways, he's a fantastic speaker!

One of the rare books I have read that actually helps me get healthy in all areas of life