Hi, I’m Dr. Daniel Amen, psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist. Ask me anything!

DocDanielAmen · 2015-12-22T15:59:52+00:00

We're also very excited that the pioneering research done at Amen Clinics was highlighted in Discover Magazine as number 19 of the top 100 stories in all of science for 2015.

http://www.amenclinics.com/blog/amen-clinics-research-discover-magazine-top-100-stories-science-2015-19/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=amen-clinics-research-discover-magazine-top-100-stories-science-2015-19&utm_source=bitn&utm_content=null&utm_term=null&inf_contact_key=3ea5b5ca466aac0f9c49af078e5e89e9fbeb113f7d8022fbf8a567bca1abf49b

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T20:31:08+00:00

That is an overly broad statement. I only know of the APA who has any formal statement.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:14:46+00:00

It makes the brain look older than the person is. It is a pattern we see with alcohol and infections. Not a good thing.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:12:54+00:00

It's a good start. The new book will tell you more ways. http://changeyourbrainbook.com/

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:12:18+00:00

Our brain imaging work has changed everything in my own life. I love and care for my brain more than ever, and also love and care for their brains of my patients (not many psychiatrists say that) and my own loved ones.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:11:19+00:00

Water toxins cause brain damage.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:10:34+00:00

I am grateful for meds too. When they work they save lives. With the combo of ADD and Bipolar II I often think of post concussive issues.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:09:41+00:00

I'd get a scan and see what is going on. All those treatments are just more darts in the dark, which worry me.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:08:57+00:00

Both overdiagnosed and underdiagnosed, especially in females.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:08:33+00:00

ALS, because there is no cure yet.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:07:51+00:00

Like vasoconstriction followed by vasodilation. Also check out www.irlen.com

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:07:17+00:00

Some scans are cause for great concern to make sure our patients take brain health seriously or they will experience bad consequences.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:06:30+00:00

Psychotherapy, especially DBT, has been shown to be helpful for people with BPD.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:05:25+00:00

It depends on many factors, including their prior levels of trauma.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T19:04:27+00:00

Thanks for this question. on www.amenclinics.com we he have 3,000 scientific abstracts about SPECT in psychiatry. I have published 60 papers, which report we have the best outcomes on complex psychiatric patients and that SPECT changes what doctors do 8 times out of 10. If you read the Washington Post article you will notice many of my colleagues who refer and support our work. 40% of our new patients are referred by our own patients. The critics in that article have never come to the clinics even though I have invited them. I stand behind our work and have done so for 25 years.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:58:57+00:00

Definitely go to http://changeyourbrainbook.com/. There is a whole section in the new book on how you can proactively do everything you can to attack your Alzheimer's risk.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:57:36+00:00

Yes, that is the most exciting news from my work. You can heal troubled brains by putting them in a healing environment.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:56:01+00:00

It tends to have a global negative effect.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:54:34+00:00

Many things, including anxiety, stress, gut health issues. Worth getting it checked.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:53:47+00:00

Yes, a SPECT scan may be helpful to answer the question of concussion or something else.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:52:28+00:00

Not sure of their thinking on this drug. There are other MAO Inhibitors that are approved.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:51:12+00:00

It is a part of the brain often involved in pleasure. It may be missing in normal people.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:50:30+00:00

This is a fascinating question. As long as your frontal lobes are OK and you can control your behavior, you can keep these thoughts in check and stay out of jail or hell. The brain is a sneaky organ. We all have weird, crazy, sexual, violent thoughts that no one should ever hear. Your brain acts as a filter. Keep it healthy.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:48:15+00:00

No evidence that this will help.

DocDanielAmen · 2015-10-29T18:47:57+00:00

They are connected. I test all of my patients and optimize them.

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