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1) Is Competent . I only know of his competency and commitment to ending mental illness, including ADD and anxiety and depression and the ability to do so without traditional medications.. 2) Is Honest... 3) Is Respectful ... 4) Has Integrity ... 5) Has Courage ... 6) Has a Proven Record...
No. Dr. Daniel Amen is the sort of practitioner who promotes his own theories and treatments on the basis of weak evidence. I have no problem with him making his living as an independent physician, but he should not be in government. We need people in government who take care in analyzing the professional literature.
I took my husband to the amen clinic in reston virginia after exhausting every effort to find answers for his mental and emotional issues . The military and then the va only offered a russian roulette style of drug treatments that turned him into a zombie or suicidal homicidal mess. At the amen clinic they were able to asses his multible injuries to the brain with the behavior or processing problem they all matched exactly the military back then did not recognize tbis but being an explosives expert in sf it should have been obvious it is still a struggle but knowing what is causing something is extremely helpfull i have uttmost respect for daniel amens methods because they come from experience with thousands of real people i would say after dealing with many other physicians that dr. Amens methods are much more affective and responsible than any other .
Dr Daniel Amen exudes all of the qualities listed above. But importantly he has the capacity for genuineness needed to employ these characteristices on that list. We have an epidemic of people who cannot pay attention since the Covid-19 pandemic. We also have unprecedented numbers of stimulant rx being written more so than other nations in the world. Dr Amen would take a balanced approach to seeking a solution to investigate the possible causes of American epidemic levels of ADHD presenting as a problem across all age groups since the pandemic began.
Takes a Whole person approach:
This Dr places High Emphasis on nutrition and behaviors to get at the root of the issue and/ or optimize a patients brain function as a integral part of treatment. He takes the longer more difficult route to help patients acheive real lasting change in their ADHD behaviors. His catalog of brain scans puts him in a unique position to organize groups of researchers to devise a process to successfully investigate if there is a link between ADHD increased prevalance and Covid -19.
The answer is not to crack down on stimulant rx without investigating why it is that people can not seem to function as they did before the pandemic. The answer is not to limit treatment options to patients without looking hard at how to help them optimize their Brain function. Dr Amen does emphasize nutrtion but also does acknowledge that medication is important when necessary for the patient.
Dr. Omen has researched and documented the neuroscience that is transforming psychiatry and helping to prevent and/or reverse mood & anxiety disorders, ADHD, addictions, PTSD, psychosis, personality disorders. Using brain imaging, he has reframed mental health as brain health and this changes everything for the health of his patients. It is a new day in health care!
As a previous patient of Dr. Amen, I can just testify that he helped me immensely! He really knows the brain and doesn’t ignore the whole body. He didn’t just get a prescription pad out, he was very thorough about life changes, diet changes, environment etc. and did help my brain actually heal. Note - I am a ‘previous’ patient and not on any pharmaceuticals.
Dr Daniel Amen is America’s preeminent scientist and practitioner in brain health and mental health and function. A pioneer and maverick in science-based mental health care and research, Dr Amen integrates the best of pharmaceutical treatments, brainspec imaging, and fundamental critical brain and neural nutrients with a keen understanding of true human physiology and symptom analysis to discover root cause and achieve true healing as opposed to just symptom management. Dr Amen is passionate about creating mental health in America and would be an excellent champion for all of Americas current emotional and mental challenges.
Dr. Amen has done hundreds of thousands of brain imaging to determine brain issues and uses allopathic, nutritional, Orthomolecular and a wide assortment of medical treatments to heal the brain. His treatments are not theories. They are based on decades of clinical medical research and success. Read his 417 page book The End of Mental Health using neuroscience that is helping transform psychiatry.