Dr. Daniel Amen

by someone who was happier and more stable. But I fell in love with the only medical specialty that never looks at the organ it treats. And I knew it was wrong and I knew it had to change. And so for the last 35 years at Amen Clinics, I have 11 clinics around the United States, We've been looking at the brain with a study called brain spec imaging, and it looks at blood flow and activity.

by someone who was happier and more stable. But I fell in love with the only medical specialty that never looks at the organ it treats. And I knew it was wrong and I knew it had to change. And so for the last 35 years at Amen Clinics, I have 11 clinics around the United States, We've been looking at the brain with a study called brain spec imaging, and it looks at blood flow and activity.

It looks at how your brain works. And we have the world's largest database of brain scans related to behavior, quarter of a million scans on people from 155 countries. We did the big NFL study when the NFL was sort of lying. They had a problem with traumatic brain injury and football. We've scanned amazing athletes like Muhammad Ali, recording artists like Miley Cyrus, and all that's public.

It looks at how your brain works. And we have the world's largest database of brain scans related to behavior, quarter of a million scans on people from 155 countries. We did the big NFL study when the NFL was sort of lying. They had a problem with traumatic brain injury and football. We've scanned amazing athletes like Muhammad Ali, recording artists like Miley Cyrus, and all that's public.

It looks at how your brain works. And we have the world's largest database of brain scans related to behavior, quarter of a million scans on people from 155 countries. We did the big NFL study when the NFL was sort of lying. They had a problem with traumatic brain injury and football. We've scanned amazing athletes like Muhammad Ali, recording artists like Miley Cyrus, and all that's public.

But the big thing when I started looking at the brain, it literally changed everything in my life from how much sleep I get to what I eat to the sports I play. And what I learned is with a better brain always comes a better life. And when you talk about your dad with Alzheimer's, well, we can actually see that on scans decades before people have any symptoms.

But the big thing when I started looking at the brain, it literally changed everything in my life from how much sleep I get to what I eat to the sports I play. And what I learned is with a better brain always comes a better life. And when you talk about your dad with Alzheimer's, well, we can actually see that on scans decades before people have any symptoms.

But the big thing when I started looking at the brain, it literally changed everything in my life from how much sleep I get to what I eat to the sports I play. And what I learned is with a better brain always comes a better life. And when you talk about your dad with Alzheimer's, well, we can actually see that on scans decades before people have any symptoms.

And just knowing your father has it means you should be on an Alzheimer's prevention program every day of your life because you see how hard it is, not just on the person, but on everyone who loves that person. So keeping your brain healthy is actually not just about you. It's about generations ahead.

And just knowing your father has it means you should be on an Alzheimer's prevention program every day of your life because you see how hard it is, not just on the person, but on everyone who loves that person. So keeping your brain healthy is actually not just about you. It's about generations ahead.

And just knowing your father has it means you should be on an Alzheimer's prevention program every day of your life because you see how hard it is, not just on the person, but on everyone who loves that person. So keeping your brain healthy is actually not just about you. It's about generations ahead.

of you and so i think everybody by the time they're 50 should get a scan you know when i turned 50 my doctor wanted me to have a colonoscopy i asked him why he didn't want to look at my brain wasn't other end just as important and so we'll have a fun discussion you've talked a lot about um

of you and so i think everybody by the time they're 50 should get a scan you know when i turned 50 my doctor wanted me to have a colonoscopy i asked him why he didn't want to look at my brain wasn't other end just as important and so we'll have a fun discussion you've talked a lot about um

of you and so i think everybody by the time they're 50 should get a scan you know when i turned 50 my doctor wanted me to have a colonoscopy i asked him why he didn't want to look at my brain wasn't other end just as important and so we'll have a fun discussion you've talked a lot about um

So in the United States, really all around the world, almost all psychiatric illnesses, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, They're made based on symptom cluster diagnoses. So for example, Abraham Lincoln in 1840 was suicidal and he went to his doctor and how did Dr. Anson Henry diagnose Lincoln with depression?

So in the United States, really all around the world, almost all psychiatric illnesses, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, They're made based on symptom cluster diagnoses. So for example, Abraham Lincoln in 1840 was suicidal and he went to his doctor and how did Dr. Anson Henry diagnose Lincoln with depression?

So in the United States, really all around the world, almost all psychiatric illnesses, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, They're made based on symptom cluster diagnoses. So for example, Abraham Lincoln in 1840 was suicidal and he went to his doctor and how did Dr. Anson Henry diagnose Lincoln with depression?

He talked to him, he looked at him, looked for symptom clusters and then diagnosed and treated him. That's still happening in 2025. You go to your family practice doctor, you go to your psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner, you tell them what you're experiencing or your family does, and they go, oh, you have this or you have that with no biological data. So It's insane, right?

He talked to him, he looked at him, looked for symptom clusters and then diagnosed and treated him. That's still happening in 2025. You go to your family practice doctor, you go to your psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner, you tell them what you're experiencing or your family does, and they go, oh, you have this or you have that with no biological data. So It's insane, right?

He talked to him, he looked at him, looked for symptom clusters and then diagnosed and treated him. That's still happening in 2025. You go to your family practice doctor, you go to your psychiatrist or psychiatric nurse practitioner, you tell them what you're experiencing or your family does, and they go, oh, you have this or you have that with no biological data. So It's insane, right?