How Neuroscience Is Transforming Psychiatry & The End Of Mental Illness - With Guest Dr. Daniel Amen

[@sergioorduz]

My name is Sergio im from Colombia.. so glad to have the opportunity to listen a health message.. i have applied so many things learning throw shawn that now i wajt to transform the people all around my country.. please never stop .. bless you

[@InnerVisionStudios]

Such an important conversation in this episode. Mental illness is affecting so many people and Dr. Amen's work is helping people overcome it.

[@dr.gaylejones6592]

Dr. Daniel Amen has been and continues to be a trail-blazer in providing a roadmap for the wholistic care of the amazing human brain! His "Best practice" of the need to actually look at the organ (i.e. imaging the brain) before treating the behavioral issue is so important! I really appreciated the reminders: MOVE!--Blood flow to all organs of the body is critical for wholistic health. WE were created to MOVE!

[@lisareed1333]

Dr Amen became my favorite guy when I started watching him on PBS as well, especially when got my husband to watch who was struggling with addiction at that time. Dr Amen explained what was happening in his brain due to addiction and he understood his brain was sick that changed our lives! Thank God he's free now. "Its Not mental illness, its BRAIN HEALTH, When you get your Brain Right your Mind Follows."

[@anxietycrushers]

"Getting well is never about 'I should do this' or 'I should do that.' It's a sign of how much you love yourself." WOW!!! So true! This is powerful information. I have followed Dr Amen for years and I'm thrilled how he's coming into ways that everyone can apply, whether you can afford a brain scan or not. THIS is where it's at!

[@tashannaweiss3237]

This is gives so much hope to all those struggling with mental illnesses. My biggest take away is knowing you can start improving brain health simply by eating the right foods, continuing to want to learn, and getting better sleep. So many great points that I need to listen again to absorb all the information!

[@helenecorbo7274]

I learn something new everytime i listen to The Model Health Show. I listen every morning. There is so much information out there but Shawn Stevenson is the real deal!!

[@justincrice]

The breakthrough that I will be sharing with others is to always tackle the low hanging fruit such as nutrition, sleep, relationships, lifestyle prior to considering an medications. The side effects & possible addictive qualities only patch up the symptoms, leading to more issues down the line. Let’s make this world a better place, one meal at a time! Thank you Shawn! Praying for you health & quick recovery

[@katnegrete]

Thank you for your service to our country Dr Amen!! And for educating the world through your best selling books!!

[@stronggirls2216]

The biggest takeaway. "When you get your brain right your mind will follow" This quote pierced my soul.

[@Jerah33]

Let the revolution begin! What a wonderful world this will be ❤️ Thank you for enlightening us all!

[@jordanevans2500]

My biggest takeaway was Dr Amen touching on the importance and symptoms of proper and healthy blood flow. The Model Health Show strikes again with another information packed show. Thank you Shawn!

[@lauriee1469]

Love Dr. Amen! I used to be a social worker at a psych hospital and yes, all diagnoses were done without any peek into the brain. I have someone in my life who had a brain injury and I really want him to have a scan!!

[@BBoyCollective]

Inflammation segment really hit home for me. I have chronic back pain, diabetes & family members who suffer from pain, depression & memory loss.

[@ashleygray8225]

I love Dr amen and everything he preaches. I can't wait till the day his methods are mainstream and available for the masses. SO many people need this information and treatment. It would create such a cultural shift if EVERYONE knew the health of their brains and how to treat any issues they have without any guess work

[@Angel609868]

This episode had SO MUCH great information that resonates with my personal and professional life. Initially I felt grief because I work with improvised children and families that are in chronically stressed environments, including taking medications for possible misdiagnoses. Feeling as though this information is too complex for their current lifestyle I realized the importance is that I am getting educated with this information. With that, I will continue to change how I work with this population and the service providers who have a daily impact on these families. In addition to the work that is being done on a larger level, such as Dr. Amen educating politicians on brain health, all of these aspects are vital for change. Thank you, thank you!

[@IAmAmLatta]

As a life coach, I LOVE studying neuroscience and why we do what we do, and showing people how they create their results in their life by how they think. And I am totally intrigued by the different types of brains. WHAT? Had to go take the Brain Health Assessment. I'm so fascinated by our brains, and LOVE this topic of how to take care of our brains, to optimize it.

[@emilylayton637]

Virtually everyone is likely to have some sort of dysfunction in their brain due to physical or psychological trauma. This approach gives so much hope for so many conditions!

[@carolynrordam7893]

Dr Amen has had the same effect on me. His mind blowing (pun intended) insights have completely changed how I look at nutrition and what I am feeding my brain and body. The more I learn the better things get for me.

[@selikab15]

Love hearing how far we have come in the mental health space and the acceptance society is making. We have a ways to go still, but this is moving in the right direction

[@kierstenblevins4941]

No matter what you are going through there can always be a change! Pretty amazing to know you can physically change your brain, your thoughts, and then your life! Thank you for sharing this! Wishing you a healing and speedy recovery

[@tiffanybenson9778]

Trying to pick one takeaway...I'm just mindblown at the whole podcast. To know the amount of misdiagnoses and how simple it is to make changes to get your brain right. With a toddler at home, just kind of gives me a kick in the butt to get him on a better path!

[@palisadepeachshack-texas5536]

Shawn, I found you back in November. I have been on an amazing Journey. I weighed 256lbs at Thanksgiving and now weigh 216. I am so great full for what you do. You have made this health journey fun and exciting! Some things suck though. Like listening to Vanni Harri. She bought light to a lot of the foods I use to eat. But it has been fun changing them and finding new ways to make my food healthy. This episode was another 🤯. I really like when he said that working out shows how much you love yourself. I can attest to that. Such a powerful episode! Keep it up Shawn love ya man!

[@christinadancy1830]

My biggest take away... improving our mental health is more than changing the way we think or react. It’s also important to take care of the organ that allows us to think. This is game changing for me. I need to upgrade my efforts to heal my brain not just my mind.

[@danamorgan467]

Listening to this made me realize how I need to prioritize my brain health which will bleed over into everything else in my life. Thank you for sharing this interview.

[@tinawatters4283]

In 2019 I woke up one day in February (11th) and had a severe case of Vertigo. Ih ave been on a years journey to better health and brain health. I am still having some episodes after numerous tests and medications (23 pills in one day in the beginning) I am now down to 1.25 pills a day!!!! Dr Amen has been an inspiration to myself. Thank you for sharing this podcast. I have had a horrible time getting other health care professionals to actually dig in to "figure it out" My biggest take on this is the brain is an amazing organ that we all need to know more about. There are so many intricate things that make you g0 hmmmmmm…… Also my dad was diagnosed with multiple mental health issues. This is big for me to try to make sense out of my childhood years. Never too late even at 50!

[@foreverfitkemma7912]

Wow mind blown literally!!! Fix the physical brain, fix the mind!!

[@hkellam9]

My biggest take away is how the brain can change and how Nutrition, Exercise, and sleep can really alter how we think and grow. I'm scared to take medication, even though I'm a nurse- I think that in some cases, it's necessary but we're only manipulating the physiology and not actually solving the problem. My mom has expressive aphagia, and I have a 5 year old.. I never knew this kind of stress and I think it's extremely important at this stage in my life to learn all that I can because not only will it help me, it will help my help my family and my patients. Really love your podcast and information (along with backed up research) you provide. Great job guys!

[@ChangeYourLifedbb]

Amazing information! "Psychiatrist are the only doctors that treat an organ they never look at" - that puts things in perspective! I love learning about new ways to look at things, it gives me hope! Thank you, Shawn, for bringing on guests like this and sharing life-changing information. I first learned of you when you were a guest on the Mike Dolce show talking about your book, Sleep Smarter. I've learned so much from you and you've inspired me to want to become a health coach. Thank you for all that you do!

[@katnegrete]

My mom keeps recommending Daniel Amen to me to help my autistic son - now that you are also showing me his brilliance, I’ll need to seriously go!!

[@jojow8416]

Due to a traumatic brain injury, 4 years ago from a fall from a bicycle, I've been on a search for ANYTHING that will help my brain heal. I now eat a nutrient-dense diet, nothing but foods that have a purpose. I have little taste, smell and don't experience hunger so it's easy to look at and eat food as fuel. Also to improve blood flow to my brain I daily do a program called Brain HQ. This program is like doing a marathon for the brain and I always feel a bit better after I've done it. Another thing that has radically helped me is cold showers (Wim Hof method) and walking around the freezing outdoors with only a sundress and sandals. This jump starts my brain's circuits in an amazing way.

[@LisaLisa-yu7us]

I’ve been watching Dr. Amen on PBS the last few years. I bought his book this morning. I’m looking forward to reading it with my 30 year old step-son. He has Asperger’s. Hopefully I can encourage him to take some of the steps that Dr. Amen suggests. Cross your fingers. I see such potential, but at his age, I can’t force him to do anything and he cannot see the possibilities.

[@thebusterbust]

So grateful for some to bring about experts who are looking to find the cause and not just find a solution!!

[@alisone2092]

You can heal your brain! Show your brain some love by doing actions that help it not hurt it. great discussion

[@larkuehlein7875]

Dr Amen continues to remind me just how powerful mindset and perspective is!

[@yentllovewilliams9851]

I loved this episode!💛 it brought so many tears to my eyes throughout, thinking about past memories. As long as I can remember ive always had trouble sleeping, till today. And one day, before the age of 7, my family and i were going up the stairs to our apartment and it was very late. While they were opening the door, i was the in the back of everyone, and while standing on the stairs, i fell asleep falling down multiple flights, which caused me to stay in the hospital overnight because of the head injury. I rarely think about that story And never told anyone about it because it meant nothing to me. Yet, my sleeping And this incident could be reasons of So much more that ive went through in my life. Thank you for this information💜❤️

[@jenniferwetherington5467]

Such great info. Love that we aren’t stuck with the brain we have & how much sleep can heal our brain.

[@lindaday1248]

Thank you so much Shawn for such a fabulous and informative show because this topic is so very, very important. It was so enlightening and I love Dr Amen for all his incredibly important work. .........lovely man, too......and he could be saving the human race and is certainly giving us the tools to improve us all. Bet Dr Amen would love to have had the opportunity to look at the brains of some of the despots in this world.........he could probably have healed their brains, have made them better people and by doing that saved the world from wars and destruction etc.

[@coreymallorysussman9247]

Thank you Shawn for sourcing and sharing this information as I am not familiar with Dr. Amen.. "If the hardware does not work then you can't program it" is what sat with me the most and additionally when Dr. Amen said "I am opposed to doing it all in the dark - that shames people." I mean wow and duh! I guess we start to learn more as we communicate and learn from our mistakes. It kind of takes me back to the historical phenomenon of surgeons simply washing their hands and sanitizing before they go from one patient to another. It seems so simple but it definitely sounds like there is more to learn and understand here.

[@jessicamatcham4338]

So many things to take away from this episode, things such as, "Love food that loves you back," or the fact that childhood obesity went up by 800%, mind-blown. I came across this episode after looking into becoming a health coach and this did it for me, I can't wait to help people live healthier and happier lives. Thanks for an amazing, informative episode Shawn!

[@paulbolinsky]

My biggest take away is when Dr. Daniel explained how if your gut, gums, and heart is not right neither is your brain. It shows the power of the connection between the brain and the rest of your body... So enlightening!

[@b-balldiaries6140]

Wow. The irony that I would happen to stumble upon this episode...This has shed a very bright light on why maybe certain people who are part of my life may be acting in ways I cannot comprehend or why I can't communicate with them on an effective level. I can't just mention one thing I took away from this episode because there are too many key things that are so important. I believe hearing about inflammation in the brain was something that surprised me, as I was previously aware of inflammation of other organs but never attributed inflammation to the brain and what it may cause. Very informative episode! I am going to go search for the book next! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@conradski6092]

I love this channel it inspires me to be healthier. I loved the fact that they talked about food that loves you back. My next step is to start loving food that loves me back.

[@reginaking7608]

Next relationship I need to see their brain!! Lol that is awesome! A takeaway I had was getting away from the stigma in mental illness & focusing more on brain health. I've suffered from anxiety & depression and never wanted to see a psychologist in fear of being looked down on or being prescribed a drug without really getting to the bottom of the problem and trying to fix it naturally. I'm excited to get the book and dive in deeper. Thanks Shawn and Dr. Amen for this episode !

[@evie3558]

thanks for your help to all Shawn

[@vicshealthjourney3407]

My big takeaway from this weeks episode is how much issues in your mouth can affect other parts of your body and health. Makes so much sense just never thought about it this way.

[@ivetkuplavi]

My favorite moment was the conversation about not getting married before doing a brain scan on the woman. It was very funny. I love the humor Shawn brings to all of his episodes. Dr Amen has always many takeaways. On all the episodes he has been on. I can’t wait to buy his new book. Gives me hope things will be good. I just have to do my part. Thank you both.

[@yolanda9730]

I loved this podcast, my brother was labeled with Bi-Polar, schizoaffective disorder and depression since he was 17, he is now 51. I always new nutrition was the key but now I also know it's the brain. OMG. Such an eye opener. I am going to buy his book and give it to my brothers physiatrist right away. Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

[@allisondickey2662]

Love every one of your shows! I’ve learned so much and implement this knowledge daily in my life and the lives of my fitness clients. Thank you!

[@malbarter1]

Both of you are contributing so much to the human race! Well done.........

[@leeyooj]

As model health show listeners, we all know that sleep is SUPER important to health. However, I love when I hear it emphasized from other people other than the Sleep Smarter king himself (Shawn!) and learn even more benefits of good sleep. For example, when you sleep poorly, your brain doesn't work right, which leads you to make poor decisions the next day, which could also have more snowballing effects. Great episode featuring such an intelligent psychiatrist!

[@carlymikenna]

“When you get your brain right, the mind follows.” This is brilliant! I’m so grateful to people like Dr. Amen and Shawn for shedding light on this subject that affects so many (myself and my family) so deeply.

[@jonhutchins5655]

It's great to hear you are on the road to recovery. I too experienced a pretty terrifying injury myself just over a year ago and had to put many things on hold in order to focus on my recovery. Thankfully, I'm also in a much better place and still rehabbing and progressing slowly every day. The insight I latched onto was was your insight that psychiatry is the only field of medicine that doesn't look at the organ they treat.

[@jenklearman5441]

A few of my favorite parts were when he was talking about if someone wanted to “be a bad leader” they should give out donuts at church, talking about how damaging sugar, etc is to the brain, also statistics about how when soldiers get less than 7 hrs/sleep that their shooting target % is only 50%. It was pretty profound when he discussed using his scans to rule out Alzheimer’s Disease in people with memory loss, and discussing how his wife’s father was able to teach an 8 hr seminar after he regained his memory. I can’t wait to read the book.

[@shraddhasth]

"everything is an option, we have to find what is right for you" - there is so much power in the choices we make. love this episode and wishing you a speedy recovery Shawn!!

[@annd8425]

I NEVER thought about blood/ blood flow as being so important before! This makes so much sense. I feel like this a "well duh" moment for me right now. Gives a new dimension to the idea of "the blood is the life." I understood the role of inflammation more than I understood the importance of blood. I also didn't know Rosacea (which I have) is a sign of inflammation. I had always been told it was just a skin sensitivity. I am going to listen to this one multiple times as it's so dense with information. Thank you!

[@corinnerapson4271]

Love that Dr. Amen looks at the big picture. Loved BRIGHT MINDS. Look forward to reading the book & finding out my brain type!

[@ashleybaldwin5821]

Biggest takeaway/life-altering nugget: It's a brain issue not a mental health issue! Never once thought about it! I need to read that book! Thank you both for all you do!!

[@evesmith8864]

Phenomenal. Thanks, Shawn, for this. I hope that you're feeling better and continue to thrive.

[@Lillian674]

I love love love both of you, Dr Amen and of course MR.SHAWN STEVENSON !!! thank you kindly for this great video.

[@scottzetterstrom9992]

"Nobody thinks about their brain because you can't see it- it's not part of the conversation, but it needs to be. Your brain runs everything" With multiple family members with Alzheimer's, my wife and I are doing everything we can to keep inflammation lower and pursue brain health. She moves to stave off depression. It's been hard with three kids six and under to ensure great movement, sleep, and overall mental health but we try and also see a light where things are starting to get easier to implement these practices.

[@WilliamMonroe]

I didn't realize how historically Psychiatry did not look at the brain. This is a great point and makes me happy I'm working with researchers here at UAB that do a lot of imaging as they study "mental disorders"

[@mjchampagne1663]

Wow! This was an amazing episode! I’m a student of natural medicine and just recently did my capstone on nueroplasticity and I wish I had seen this episode prior to my research! I love watching the shows! Shawn Keep up the good work. Dr. Amen, thank you for spreading the word and the education of the importance of actually looking at the brain. Amazing episode. I struggle with focus and memory at times so I will definitely be rewatching this episode to soak up all the wonderful knowledge! However, the biggest takeaway that I got from this episode is the fact that “brain” illness can be fixed simply by FIRST looking to find out the issue or which part of the brain is damaged. Then once that part is known, it will be much easier to develop the right protocol for healing the brain and hence healing the mind. Very powerful show! I can’t wait to read Dr. Amen’s new book. I know there will be so many more great nuggets of information!!! Great show gentlemen!!! 5 stars hands down!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@stevemoore7039]

Thanks so much for releasing this episode Shawn! What a great communicator Dr. Amen is! I resonated the most with the part on “retirement brain” because sadly I’m personally experiencing that with my mother right now. Thanks again!

[@AlisonCrafts]

I'm happy this episode was released! I just started therapy to try and get my anxiety and depression under control! I can't wait to read this book and see my 'type' and read more about what I can do to help my brain health and reduce inflammation.

[@debbieteresinski1925]

Haha I guess I didn’t read the fine print and I wrote alllll my takeaways from the video. I’ll wrap it up with my biggest takeaway: The fact that people are constantly diagnosed and prescribed medication without their brains ever being looked at. The amazing studies he kept talking about in regards to people being incorrectly diagnosed and then Dr. Amen would run imaging on them it would change their diagnosis was incredible! My favourite quote: love the food that loves you back!

[@misshutch2606]

Glad to hear the suggestion to try other things before starting an Rx for brain health - I am looking forward to reading more about it in Dr. Amen's book. There is so much more to learn about allowing/assisting our body to heal itself!

[@rileyhiggins8173]

I loved this episode. One thing I thought was interesting that Dr. Amen said was that people that play racket sports live longer than anybody.

[@lbarrueco]

The concept of neuroscience excites me to help understand how the brain works to address illnesses. This was a great episode! with great information!!

[@corinnerapson4271]

Another informative episode..so grateful for The Model Health Show❤

[@Renewingallthingsblog]

Renewing All Things This episode really hit home for me- my dad took his own life and I believe if he had known this information it could have been different- but I will spread this information and truth to as many as I can do it doesn’t happen to someone else- my biggest takeaway is the four circles. So simplE yet so powerful and tangible areas to upgrade to bring the brain back in balance. How there is so much hope when you nourish the physical body, but also the mental/emotional and spiritual. You are three parts so treating all three around a certain issue truly does bring lasting healing. “How your purpose controls your health”- so true. My dad had to stop being a fireman because of his health and his mind and body just declined since he had that taken away. Thank you for sharing hope and truth!

[@Kim1337]

My biggest takeaway was, “When you stop learning, your brain starts dying.” WOW! I knew lifelong learning was a good thing, but I did not know it was essential to life. Thank God there is The Model Health Show; I learn SO MUCH by listening & watching these Podcasts! Much love to everyone involved in this AMAZING show! :D

[@KishaWynter]

What an amazing story on the misdiagnosis of Justin not because he’s a celebrity but because I know that the impact of not looking at the brain and health holistically put children in shame from such a young age without actually giving them tools to transform. I think it happens even more with children of color. Very important message and episode. Love everything about it!

[@jesserecords6458]

I will be focusing on reducing inflammation! I knew it had effects on other parts of the body but did not think about effects on the brain.

[@daniellekitchen1506]

The part of the show that resonated with me was when Dr. Amen said that all of our brains are not the same and in order to optimize our life, we need to know our type. We can't program the brain if we don't understand what's wrong with the hardware.

[@rn507pty]

I really appreciate this message and everything you are doing to help us become a better version of ourselves

[@w4dam174]

Shawn & Dr. Amen thank you so much for this intriguing discussion! Sharing what stood out to me below: x The field of psychiatry is the only field of medicine that doesn’t actually look at the organ they’re trying to treat (throwing darts in the dark: medications based off a conversation or symptom x when you get your brain right your mind follows | head to head with anti depressants exercise is equally as effective x (brain) its 2% of the body's weight but uses 20-30% of the oxygen, blood flow, calories you consume any level of deprivation can call cause an illness mentally x the best way to get someone to fall in love with you is to do something special for someone they love x blood flow issues anywhere can be an indication that there are blood flow issues in other places (like brain) x people that play racket sports live longer than anyone else because they activate the cerebellum (it has 50% of the brains neurons its like the CPU of the brain) coordination exercise is great x when you sleep your brain washes itself so remember to #sleepsmarter - this is a must listen!!! Thank you Model Health Show!!!

[@roswatr]

My son has been diagnosed with ADD and he had a traumatic birth - very interesting that Dr. Amen mentions that many of these issues can be cause at birth. Fascinating stuff. Also, I didn't realize how many types of ADD there are and how each of them is treated differently. No one has ever mentioned any of this to us.

[@NaturalJam22]

Yes, this is a good way understand how to help someone, but really looking at the whole picture, so to speak to really help improve mental health. My son has ADHD, so very informative talk

[@jacksonmuraika]

My favorite moment was the part about sleep and brain health. I personally feel like I can't enjoy life when I am sleep deprived!

[@ketket0725]

Thank you for all you do Shawn!

[@saq546]

Great show Shawn - great guest - thank you both. Can't wait to buy the book !

[@traciforero9970]

Learned so much about Brain function. Thank you so much!

[@schoodichollow]

Very hopeful!

[@leahcondon4019]

Thank you so much for continuing to share such vital information and giving us access to such inspiring people! My favorite part was the comparison between eating sugar and an abusive relationship. A truth that I knew intuitively but didn't know how to put into words. It is so fascinating how anything we can do to boost our brain health will really boost our health overall!

[@lkelling333]

ALWAYS enjoy learning from you Shawn and the guests you bring! Great information!

[@daviss5122]

Man Shawn, this ENTIRE thing is fuego! From a TBI subject, I love you!!!

[@ameliealrifaee7220]

What a wonderful episode! Thank you!!!

[@olubukola44]

Thanks for all the insight. You are always dropping gems. So glad you started the model health show

[@donnamarchand4259]

I love this episode! I watched it in March and watched again today. So much great info from Dr Amen! Learned I need those omega 3’s from fish oil not just plants. Love beets for great blood flow and I will never stop learning as I age. This stuff is fascinating. Take notes!!! 😀. Thank you Shawn and Daniel... you both are amazing and so knowledgeable!!

[@joannesu4639]

The connection between "leaky gut" and "leaky BRAIN"?! Wow. Never thought of it that way. So interesting!

[@ribonyc]

necessary

[@foochonfyia6670]

First takeaway is: why aren’t more professionals doing these kind of scan?! I want to go back to school now! Secondly, I’ve been learning more about dementia recently and so the idea that once you stop learning your brain starts dying really stuck out to me too. I have immediately passed that little tidbit on to all the middle aged and older alders that I love. Finally, as a parent, it reminded me how important it is to set up good eating habits and a love of real food at an early age. (Wish me luck with that one!)

[@BrittanyNeSmith]

Wow. I love you and what you do so much. You have really kept me going in times when I wanted to give up on myself. Thank you. Your work is needed and you are a blessing by providing it.

[@patcourchesne3]

Great episode. Love how simple tweaks to your diet can make such big impact on brain health! Keep up the great work Shawn.

[@christinecernera3781]

There is so much amazing information in this interview but Dr. Amen's comment about "loving donuts is like being in an abusive relationship" really resonated with me and made me laugh!! What great, great information that will help me in my practice. Thanks Sean, you are amazing!

[@kellyswarthout9574]

I thought it was interesting how brain health and homelessness are related. And how knowing you have a purpose in the world helps you live longer. The brain is a powerful organ influenced by so many internal and external things! Very interesting episode.

[@courtneykennedy1797]

This was a very good episode. I liked the part where the Dr spoke about it being the only medicine practice that does not see the organ they are treating, so of course there are going to be mistakes and problems that occur.

[@rd2602]

As important as our Brain is for our existence and contribution to our society, we have been duped to believe that our medical "experts" have all of the drug-induced answers. I've been a fan of Dr Amen's studies and theories for many years, was so happy to see him on The Model Health Show.

[@brendoncornwell]

Great information on how you got started!