Podcast 163: Interview with Dr. Amen on ending bipolar disorder, anxiety, and depression

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Episode description:
Mental health is a hot topic these days, especially considering the current COVID-19 pandemic, and the enforced social separation and isolation many of us have experienced over the past several months. Even though things are starting to open in many places, we all are facing a world which is dramatically different to the one we knew before the pandemic-so many things are uncertain, which only exacerbates our collective mental distress.
Thankfully, as I discuss in this week’s blog and podcast with world-renowned psychiatrist, brain specialist and best-selling author Dr. Daniel Amen, there are ways we can take our mental and brain health into our own hands! The human brain is remarkably resilient: over time we can heal our minds and find freedom, purpose and renewal in an imperfect world.
Indeed, Dr. Amen has spent his professional life witnessing this resiliency. As he describes in his excellent new book, The End of Mental Illness: How Neuroscience Is Transforming Psychiatry and Helping Prevent or Reverse Mood and Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, Addictions, PTSD, Psychosis, Personality Disorders, and More, the technological advances in the field of neuroscience have huge strides in our understanding of the brain and what mental distress looks like on a biological level. Rather than just look at someone’s symptoms and giving them a “pill for every ill”, when we take someone’s whole story into account and look at their brain using the latest neuroscientific technology, we can give them practical and powerful tips to find healing on both a mental and physical level.
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Podcast Time Stamps
3:06 How the Vietnam War inspire Dr. Amen’s love for medicine
7:30 ADHD: a story of how one boy overcame his symptoms, and how psychiatry has changed over human history
17:25 Why we need to start changing the current mental health narrative
24:43 What to do to have a healthy brain and love your life
38:10 Why you need to spend time building your brain every day
40:11 Head trauma, brain injuries and mental health
46:27 The best habit for a healthy brain
Read the full blog and transcript here: drleaf.com/blogs/news/practic...
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[@LoveIslam100]

Thanks a lot Dr. Amen 😊The world needs so many people like you🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@dustinneathery9492]

These two have changed my life with their profound contributions to neuroscience. What a powerful combo :)

[@kvdl4785]

Helped me so much a mother with one particular child. This young man is now achieving all his goals in studies, choice of school and career path. So grateful God led me to each of these individuals and their research.

[@SC-mw6kx]

I have tears streaming, thank you both! You're both such beautiful people....God bless you both for the work you do!! ❤🧠

[@ericadawnb]

These are my two favorite people! I love they are doing this video together ❤️

[@Asher.da.basher1]

This is incredible, thank you so much! Seriously good. I am on my way to become a psychologist and this is a game changer for me and my future patients!

[@georgettejosephs4831]

Me too

[@user-lovely111]

I appreciate you both so much, not just for your research and study of the brain and it’s affect on each area of one’s life but it’s conveyed in such a way that is hope filled and transformational. I’m encouraged!

[@Himsinki]

Really eye opening of pharma industries and how much we dont know about our brains Masterclass

[@rochellecaffee3267]

You two give one (who has suffered within the system) mucho hope! 🙏 Thank you!🥰

[@deborahrodrigues6110]

Wonderful !!! Thank you so much !! God bless you both

[@letthetrumpetsound7893]

I read books by many authors. I have always admired (the mind of...😁) Dr. Amen, and his work, and now I know why. Thank you.

[@TeacherMom80]

To help prevent severe covid, treat/prevent the 11 major risk factors that steal your mind: inflammation, not enough omega 3s, diabetes, obesity, brain healthy diet, lots of probiotics/good gut health, as your weight & size goes up, the size & function of your brain goes down (dont be a dinosaur), etc. Thank you, Dr. Amen for your incredible work. My family is tremendously grateful to you! We need to go to your clinic. 💖🙏🏼🕊️

[@glennmariacher4525]

I hope you also look into John Bergman, a chiropractor in California. He has many of the same views in that so many illnesses are just labeled as " unknown reasons " but, as it turns out, are totally treatable. Glenn

[@tanaward8772]

Very insightful life changing information!! My name is Tana (imagine how my face lit up with shock when Dr. Amen said my name!!!) :-D

[@ninadorado7341]

I'm a caseworker and so sad to see so many children and people just medicated their whole lives and living on ssi because they didn't know they could get better. God Bless the both of you. I pray that our healthcare system and government would truly start to care about people and do what needs to be done to actually help them.

[@glennwilkerson9571]

I love your podcasts, they have been very helpful to me over the past year :)

[@rcz2023]

Thank you

[@sandrastevens4418]

I have had Bipolar disorder for years undiagnosed. I wish Dr. Amen had a clinic in Every state. I live in Utah. I know my brain is broken and I want to fix it but spect is not in Utah so I remain a guessing game. On medication that is not even for Bipolar II but every other medication they put me on made me suicidal or homicidal. I don't trust psychiatrists one good me addicted to Klonopin. In the end, it was my long time primary care provider who diagnosed me correctly when I was 52.

[@neo23thirty-eight]

Try keto carnivore

[@linedallaire6637]

Dr. Amen, I was watching info about tinnitus is a help call from the brain.

[@keithniven294]

Absolutely agree with all your great work!!I would like to talk on behalf of a large majority of people like me though.I would love to take all of the wonderful advice on board but I do not have the finances to do so and this can be such a frustration when you know you need help but the only help I'd get for free would be from Government psychiatrists!!I have used all the advice I can use ie: diet and watching negative self talk but that's as far as I can go!!

[@brahmahsattva5393]

Doing the "right" thing has nothing to do with Love. There is no such thing as the "right" thing. Whatever the "right" thing is to which you are referring is solely an opinion. Judging anyone or anything is never Loving. Love is everything and all things, there is no good and bad in Love. How could anything that is love be one or the other, is everything. You both are so very close but still missing a key component. The brain injury I recovered from is proud positive.

[@crystalgilliam3006]

So what do you do when you have had brain injury? Where can we find help for these that do have brain injury?

[@carlibasson2410]

How can we help this way of thinking and working become mainstream?

[@ketesafewyalefemedia2378]

Brain is the organ of the human body. likewise, Mind is the Organ of the human soul. just I have a question? when people get sick emotionally or when they get sick mentally I am not sure their thought is functioning normal or not my question is this problem is related with our soul or brain? Thanks

[@melissaanders5561]

I'm 35 I need to get my brain checked God renewed my brain already and now im in a process of getting better Lord 🙏

[@elyousfi5661]

How ?

[@messas3406]

I could not clearly hear His advice at the end , anybody know what he said. Thank you so much , loved the show today . Everything the enemy of our lives does not want us to hear.

[@jordancoughenour6552]

melissa skow he said to ask “is this good for my brain?”

[@freeandcriticalthinker4431]

Probably cause the Motor mouth wouldn’t shut up and talked over him.... Jesus

[@pocahontas5145]

Dr. Leaf, can you discuss the research on megadoses of vitamins to cure diseases ala Abram Hoffer?

[@WealthyMuse]

When are you publishing this informatiin in spanish?

[@NikkiO2000]

How often do I need to donate blood 😩

[@alisonbrown6792]

Let the man talk. The constant interruptions are annoying.

[@GregoryBoyce-wf2ie]

Cures are mental health. i gam i found a way out of bipolar disorder too

[@Dewalt1957]

Please help me get off kolopin.20 yrs on anxiety drugs

[@elyousfi5661]

You are you doing now

[@joycebarrett3873]

Does mental/emotional trauma has the same effect in the brain as concussion (physical trauma in the brain?

[@omipari6895]

Trauma changes the brain leaving it a a flight or fight mode... I'm being treated for trauma with effects to a changed brain...neurofeedback helps to heal it.