Change Your Brain, Change Your Life - Hardcover

Amen, Daniel G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812929977 ISBN 13: 9780812929973

Publisher: Times Books, 1998

Synopsis

A pioneering neuropsychiatrist reveals the link between certain brain structures and particular psychological problems and offers specific recommendations for cognitive exercises, nutritional supplements, and medication to heal each problem. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

Opens the door to assessment and interventions that can change your life. Robert D. Hunt, M.D., associate clinical professor of psychiatry Vanderbilt School of Medicine (Cutting edge technology, clinical wisdom, and heartfelt guidance come together to creat a 'user's manual for enhancing the human brain.' Dr. Amen offers simple, direct, and immediately applicable prescriptions that can change anyone's life. Emmett E. Mill)

CHANGE YOU BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR LIFE is a pioneering book. Dr. Amen provides a clear and convinicing evidence that many behavioral disorders formerly considered psychological actually have a biological basis. Through the lens of exciting new brain imaging t (Dr. Amen's groundbreaking work will forever change the fields of psychiatry and psychology. A healthy brain is prerequisite to a healthy life. Dr. Amen provides a practical guide. Earl Henslin, Ph.D., author of YOU ARE YOUR FATHER'S DAUGHTER and MAN TO MA)

This book is brilliant. Dr. Amen is a pioneer. Jonathan Walker, M.D., psychiatrist (Dr. Amen's exquisite documentation of brain function is a unique contribution to this rapidly developing field. Hwoever, he adds a remarkable twist: dozens of 'how to help' suggestions for patients and parents. This book is by far the most complete and sp)

From the Author:

New insights on ways to optimize your brain and your life.
When your brain works right, you can work right. When your brain doesn't work right, it is very hard for you to be effective in your life.

Here is exciting new information on how your brain works, along with clear, easy steps to optimize its function.

Based on my brain imaging work with over 6,000 patinets, this book graphically shows readers that many behaviors once thought to be purely psychological in nature may actually be brain problems. ADD, anxiety, depression, alcohol and drug abuse, bipolar disorder and violence can be seen in the brain, helping us to more fully understand the troubling feelings and behaviors suffered by many.

The book divides the brain into 5 "working" sections, and tells what each section does and what happens when things go wrong. For example,

PREFRONTAL CORTEX -- executive center, helps with impulse control and attention span -- ADD and impulse control problems are often found here

CINGULATE GYRUS -- helps you shift attention, and move from thought to thought -- OCD, worriers and people who have problems with opposition and argumentativeness have problems here

LIMBIC SYSTEM -- controls mood, bonding and smell -- problems include depression, social isolation and loss of libido

BASAL GANGLIA -- sets the body's idle or anxiety level -- problems include panic, anxiety, fearfulness and conflict avoidance

TEMPORAL LOBES -- memory, mood stability, temper control -- problems include memory problems, erratic moods, and temper problems

Understanding brain function on a deeper level allows scientists to recommend more targeted treatments. Based on our imaging work, the book is filled with brain prescriptions geared to optimize brain function. These are the same prescriptions I give patients in my clinic in Fairfield, California. They are practical and include nutritional strategies, behavioral interventions, appropriate medications, and cognitive exercises.

My belief is that this book shows how psychiatry will be practiced 10 -15 years from now. It also gives practical advice on how to optimize brain function and subsequently optimize your life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Times Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0812929977
• ISBN 13: 9780812929973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320