Dr. Daniel Amen
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Nobody wants it. What if we thought of these as brain health issues? Nobody wants to be called mental. everybody likes to be called a brain yes right so what if mental health was really brain health and that's the revolution that i'm trying to create it's like let's stop calling these things mental let's create a brain yeah i had one of my young stars came into my office and
Nobody wants it. What if we thought of these as brain health issues? Nobody wants to be called mental. everybody likes to be called a brain yes right so what if mental health was really brain health and that's the revolution that i'm trying to create it's like let's stop calling these things mental let's create a brain yeah i had one of my young stars came into my office and
You know, sometimes they come, sometimes they don't, sometimes they do what you say, mostly they don't. But he came into my office and he said, I think I get what you're trying to tell me. My brain is an organ like my heart is an organ. If you told me I had heart problems, I'd do everything you said. So I'm going to do everything you say. And then he just got better.
You know, sometimes they come, sometimes they don't, sometimes they do what you say, mostly they don't. But he came into my office and he said, I think I get what you're trying to tell me. My brain is an organ like my heart is an organ. If you told me I had heart problems, I'd do everything you said. So I'm going to do everything you say. And then he just got better.
You know, sometimes they come, sometimes they don't, sometimes they do what you say, mostly they don't. But he came into my office and he said, I think I get what you're trying to tell me. My brain is an organ like my heart is an organ. If you told me I had heart problems, I'd do everything you said. So I'm going to do everything you say. And then he just got better.
And I'm so excited about changing the paradigm away from more money for mental health care as it's currently practiced. That's just going to get us deeper into this disaster we're in. But more money to create a brain health revolution.
And I'm so excited about changing the paradigm away from more money for mental health care as it's currently practiced. That's just going to get us deeper into this disaster we're in. But more money to create a brain health revolution.
And I'm so excited about changing the paradigm away from more money for mental health care as it's currently practiced. That's just going to get us deeper into this disaster we're in. But more money to create a brain health revolution.
You did a CPT, so we started the IV because it involves a radiopharmaceutical that lights up your brain. And after we started the IV, you took a continuous performance test, which is a 15-minute test of attention, which you actually scored well on. And every time you see a letter, you hit the space bar. Except when you see the letter X. You have to inhibit that.
You did a CPT, so we started the IV because it involves a radiopharmaceutical that lights up your brain. And after we started the IV, you took a continuous performance test, which is a 15-minute test of attention, which you actually scored well on. And every time you see a letter, you hit the space bar. Except when you see the letter X. You have to inhibit that.
You did a CPT, so we started the IV because it involves a radiopharmaceutical that lights up your brain. And after we started the IV, you took a continuous performance test, which is a 15-minute test of attention, which you actually scored well on. And every time you see a letter, you hit the space bar. Except when you see the letter X. You have to inhibit that.
No, it's not scary.
No, it's not scary.
No, it's not scary.
We do little kids and old people, and we've now done 260,000 scans on people from 155 countries. Is that not incredible? But it starts a love affair with your own brain. And most people don't care about their brain cells. And in 1991, I didn't care about my own brain. I'm a double board certified psychiatrist, board certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry.
We do little kids and old people, and we've now done 260,000 scans on people from 155 countries. Is that not incredible? But it starts a love affair with your own brain. And most people don't care about their brain cells. And in 1991, I didn't care about my own brain. I'm a double board certified psychiatrist, board certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry.
We do little kids and old people, and we've now done 260,000 scans on people from 155 countries. Is that not incredible? But it starts a love affair with your own brain. And most people don't care about their brain cells. And in 1991, I didn't care about my own brain. I'm a double board certified psychiatrist, board certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry.
I was the top student in our neuroscience classes. And I didn't care about my brain. Why? You can't see it. You can see the wrinkles in your skin or the fat around your belly, and you do something when you're unhappy with that. But the brain is one of the only organs we don't screen. Right?
I was the top student in our neuroscience classes. And I didn't care about my brain. Why? You can't see it. You can see the wrinkles in your skin or the fat around your belly, and you do something when you're unhappy with that. But the brain is one of the only organs we don't screen. Right?
I was the top student in our neuroscience classes. And I didn't care about my brain. Why? You can't see it. You can see the wrinkles in your skin or the fat around your belly, and you do something when you're unhappy with that. But the brain is one of the only organs we don't screen. Right?