Dr. Daniel Amen

And then it's like taking the brake off of your impulse control. So getting the wrong medicine can disrupt your life in a very bad way.

And then it's like taking the brake off of your impulse control. So getting the wrong medicine can disrupt your life in a very bad way.

And then it's like taking the brake off of your impulse control. So getting the wrong medicine can disrupt your life in a very bad way.

So 1991, I went to my first lecture on brain spec imaging. That's what we do. And I'm so excited. I'm still excited. And the next year I went to an all-day lecture at the American Psychiatric Association on brain spec imaging in child psychiatry. So there was a lot of excitement, but very quickly they realized scans don't go with the current paradigm.

So 1991, I went to my first lecture on brain spec imaging. That's what we do. And I'm so excited. I'm still excited. And the next year I went to an all-day lecture at the American Psychiatric Association on brain spec imaging in child psychiatry. So there was a lot of excitement, but very quickly they realized scans don't go with the current paradigm.

So 1991, I went to my first lecture on brain spec imaging. That's what we do. And I'm so excited. I'm still excited. And the next year I went to an all-day lecture at the American Psychiatric Association on brain spec imaging in child psychiatry. So there was a lot of excitement, but very quickly they realized scans don't go with the current paradigm.

They don't go with making diagnoses based on symptom clusters with no biological data. And we have our big Bible. It's called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM. and it really goes, okay, the DSM's not the thing. And all of a sudden, the American Psychiatric Association went, oh, no, we shouldn't scan.

They don't go with making diagnoses based on symptom clusters with no biological data. And we have our big Bible. It's called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM. and it really goes, okay, the DSM's not the thing. And all of a sudden, the American Psychiatric Association went, oh, no, we shouldn't scan.

They don't go with making diagnoses based on symptom clusters with no biological data. And we have our big Bible. It's called the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM. and it really goes, okay, the DSM's not the thing. And all of a sudden, the American Psychiatric Association went, oh, no, we shouldn't scan.

And that's really when the war, when I went to war with the American Psychiatric Association. Even though I have their highest award, they give members. And if I'm right, and I am, you should image the brain before you go about messing with it. It means that 40,000 psychiatrists and hundreds of thousands of regular doctors are not doing the right thing.

And that's really when the war, when I went to war with the American Psychiatric Association. Even though I have their highest award, they give members. And if I'm right, and I am, you should image the brain before you go about messing with it. It means that 40,000 psychiatrists and hundreds of thousands of regular doctors are not doing the right thing.

And that's really when the war, when I went to war with the American Psychiatric Association. Even though I have their highest award, they give members. And if I'm right, and I am, you should image the brain before you go about messing with it. It means that 40,000 psychiatrists and hundreds of thousands of regular doctors are not doing the right thing.

And when you tell people that, they don't say thank you. And there's actually this great book called The Structure of Scientific Revolution. It's how do revolutions happen? And the first thing is somebody notices a problem. The outcomes in psychiatry are no better than they were in the 1950s. We should be ashamed of that. So the outcomes are not better than the year I was born in 1954. That's sad.

And when you tell people that, they don't say thank you. And there's actually this great book called The Structure of Scientific Revolution. It's how do revolutions happen? And the first thing is somebody notices a problem. The outcomes in psychiatry are no better than they were in the 1950s. We should be ashamed of that. So the outcomes are not better than the year I was born in 1954. That's sad.

And when you tell people that, they don't say thank you. And there's actually this great book called The Structure of Scientific Revolution. It's how do revolutions happen? And the first thing is somebody notices a problem. The outcomes in psychiatry are no better than they were in the 1950s. We should be ashamed of that. So the outcomes are not better than the year I was born in 1954. That's sad.

So someone notices there's a problem. The status quo notices the problem but they make small changes because they're protecting the money.

So someone notices there's a problem. The status quo notices the problem but they make small changes because they're protecting the money.

So someone notices there's a problem. The status quo notices the problem but they make small changes because they're protecting the money.

And then someone comes up with a new mouse trap. We should scan. When you scan and look at the brain, you then treat it as an organ. And you just don't try to drug it into submission. You get people to eat better. You get them to exercise. You get them to go to sleep. You get them to put down their phones. Give them supplements to nourish their brain.

And then someone comes up with a new mouse trap. We should scan. When you scan and look at the brain, you then treat it as an organ. And you just don't try to drug it into submission. You get people to eat better. You get them to exercise. You get them to go to sleep. You get them to put down their phones. Give them supplements to nourish their brain.