Dr. Daniel Amen

It started with video games and all of a sudden technology is beginning to wear out the pleasure centers in the brain. And then if you add pornography to nine and 10 year old boys, it really becomes quite a disaster.

It started with video games and all of a sudden technology is beginning to wear out the pleasure centers in the brain. And then if you add pornography to nine and 10 year old boys, it really becomes quite a disaster.

Yeah. Just say no. Yeah. To devices. Right. And spend time rather than, you know, parents use smartphones as babysitters for kids and they're addictive. My, when I had my first grandchild and at the time his parents weren't listening to me and I could see when he was nine months old, that he was addicted to the phone. I mean, he knew how to use an iPhone.

Yeah. Just say no. Yeah. To devices. Right. And spend time rather than, you know, parents use smartphones as babysitters for kids and they're addictive. My, when I had my first grandchild and at the time his parents weren't listening to me and I could see when he was nine months old, that he was addicted to the phone. I mean, he knew how to use an iPhone.

Yeah. Just say no. Yeah. To devices. Right. And spend time rather than, you know, parents use smartphones as babysitters for kids and they're addictive. My, when I had my first grandchild and at the time his parents weren't listening to me and I could see when he was nine months old, that he was addicted to the phone. I mean, he knew how to use an iPhone.

And I looked at them like, y'all are crazy. This is a bad thing. And whenever I would be with them, it's like phone pop-up, phone pop-up. And I'm like, no. And ultimately they got on board with it and they just see how addictive. And a lot of people who develop tics from, um, Technology use. You really need to do detox. And, you know, the longer you can delay.

And I looked at them like, y'all are crazy. This is a bad thing. And whenever I would be with them, it's like phone pop-up, phone pop-up. And I'm like, no. And ultimately they got on board with it and they just see how addictive. And a lot of people who develop tics from, um, Technology use. You really need to do detox. And, you know, the longer you can delay.

And I looked at them like, y'all are crazy. This is a bad thing. And whenever I would be with them, it's like phone pop-up, phone pop-up. And I'm like, no. And ultimately they got on board with it and they just see how addictive. And a lot of people who develop tics from, um, Technology use. You really need to do detox. And, you know, the longer you can delay.

And I think Jonathan Haidt recommended like 16 would be good. And I agree with that. If I was an evil ruler, so I wrote about this in my book, The End of Mental Illness. I just imagined if I was an evil ruler and I wanted to create mental illness in America. What would I do? I'd give children iPhones. Now I have 62 evil ruler strategies, right?

And I think Jonathan Haidt recommended like 16 would be good. And I agree with that. If I was an evil ruler, so I wrote about this in my book, The End of Mental Illness. I just imagined if I was an evil ruler and I wanted to create mental illness in America. What would I do? I'd give children iPhones. Now I have 62 evil ruler strategies, right?

And I think Jonathan Haidt recommended like 16 would be good. And I agree with that. If I was an evil ruler, so I wrote about this in my book, The End of Mental Illness. I just imagined if I was an evil ruler and I wanted to create mental illness in America. What would I do? I'd give children iPhones. Now I have 62 evil ruler strategies, right?

Getting Girl Scouts to sell drugs to the American population, Girl Scout cookies, right? It's not good for you. That's another evil ruler strategy. Or just make everybody think alcohol is a health food and marijuana is innocuous. If I was an evil ruler, I would do that.

Getting Girl Scouts to sell drugs to the American population, Girl Scout cookies, right? It's not good for you. That's another evil ruler strategy. Or just make everybody think alcohol is a health food and marijuana is innocuous. If I was an evil ruler, I would do that.

Getting Girl Scouts to sell drugs to the American population, Girl Scout cookies, right? It's not good for you. That's another evil ruler strategy. Or just make everybody think alcohol is a health food and marijuana is innocuous. If I was an evil ruler, I would do that.

I think redneck psychiatry is a great term.

I think redneck psychiatry is a great term.

I think redneck psychiatry is a great term.

Well, how exciting. Yeah, the story about Andrew, my nephew, helped with the moral injury. So I've just been brutalized by my colleagues for what I do. And this is what I do. I take really good histories, I test your brain, and then I scan it.

Well, how exciting. Yeah, the story about Andrew, my nephew, helped with the moral injury. So I've just been brutalized by my colleagues for what I do. And this is what I do. I take really good histories, I test your brain, and then I scan it.

Well, how exciting. Yeah, the story about Andrew, my nephew, helped with the moral injury. So I've just been brutalized by my colleagues for what I do. And this is what I do. I take really good histories, I test your brain, and then I scan it.