Dr. Daniel Amen
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Most people don't care about their brains. Why? You can't see it. You can see the wrinkles in your skin, fat around your belly. Why don't we screen our brain? How do you know unless you look? Right.
Well, anything that increases the risk of seven different types of cancer, I'm against. I want energy, memory, focus. I want passion. Well, alcohol just doesn't fit.
Well, anything that increases the risk of seven different types of cancer, I'm against. I want energy, memory, focus. I want passion. Well, alcohol just doesn't fit.
Well, anything that increases the risk of seven different types of cancer, I'm against. I want energy, memory, focus. I want passion. Well, alcohol just doesn't fit.
hated the term mental illness, it's shaming. It's stigmatizing. So what if mental health was really brain health? And that's the revolution that I'm trying to create.
hated the term mental illness, it's shaming. It's stigmatizing. So what if mental health was really brain health? And that's the revolution that I'm trying to create.
hated the term mental illness, it's shaming. It's stigmatizing. So what if mental health was really brain health? And that's the revolution that I'm trying to create.
You said that so well.
You said that so well.
You said that so well.
I mean, think about this. Psychiatrists are the only medical doctors who never look at the organ they treat. So last year, there were over 340 million prescriptions written for antidepressants without any biological data. That's insane, right? I'm a psychiatrist, so I know how to diagnose crazy. And that's crazy.
I mean, think about this. Psychiatrists are the only medical doctors who never look at the organ they treat. So last year, there were over 340 million prescriptions written for antidepressants without any biological data. That's insane, right? I'm a psychiatrist, so I know how to diagnose crazy. And that's crazy.
I mean, think about this. Psychiatrists are the only medical doctors who never look at the organ they treat. So last year, there were over 340 million prescriptions written for antidepressants without any biological data. That's insane, right? I'm a psychiatrist, so I know how to diagnose crazy. And that's crazy.
Because if you don't look, then you don't know, was it the car accident when you were 16 that contributed to being sad? Or was it because your brain works too hard because you had a sexual assault? Or was it because you live in a mold-filled home?
Because if you don't look, then you don't know, was it the car accident when you were 16 that contributed to being sad? Or was it because your brain works too hard because you had a sexual assault? Or was it because you live in a mold-filled home?
Because if you don't look, then you don't know, was it the car accident when you were 16 that contributed to being sad? Or was it because your brain works too hard because you had a sexual assault? Or was it because you live in a mold-filled home?
you just don't know and when i started looking at the brain it changed absolutely everything in my life um if one of my kids dates somebody new they're going to be scanned oh i love that and my 21 year old Chloe, who is in love, and I love her boy. But he played football. And so, yes, we have to look at his brain.
you just don't know and when i started looking at the brain it changed absolutely everything in my life um if one of my kids dates somebody new they're going to be scanned oh i love that and my 21 year old Chloe, who is in love, and I love her boy. But he played football. And so, yes, we have to look at his brain.
you just don't know and when i started looking at the brain it changed absolutely everything in my life um if one of my kids dates somebody new they're going to be scanned oh i love that and my 21 year old Chloe, who is in love, and I love her boy. But he played football. And so, yes, we have to look at his brain.