by Daniel G. Md Amen
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Editorial ReviewIt all starts with your brain: how you think, how you feel, how you interact with others, and how well you succeed in realizing your goals and dreams. When your brain works right, so do you. When it's out of balance, you feel frustrated, or worse. Yet amid all the advice that bombards us daily about how to keep the rest of our body strong and healthy, we hear very little about how to keep the most complex and magnificent organ of all--the human brain--in top working order.
Based on the most up-to-date research, as well as on Dr. Daniel Amen's more than twenty years of treating patients at the Amen Clinics, where he and his associates pioneered the use of brain imaging in clinical practice, Magnificent Mind at Any Age does exactly that. Dr. Amen shows how many of the traditional approaches to overcoming the mind-centered challenges that hold us back--try harder, work longer, find the sheer willpower--either do not work or may make our problems worse. The true key to satisfaction and success at any age is a healthy brain. By optimizing our brain function we can all develop these qualities of a magnificent mind enjoyed by the world's most successful and happiest people:
· Increased memory and concentration
· The ability to maintain warm and satisfying relationships
· Undiminished sexual desire and performance
· Goal-oriented perseverance
· Better impulse control and mastery over potential addictions
· Free-flowing creativity and the ability to relax and enjoy life's pleasures
To achieve this, as Dr. Amen explains here in clearly accessible language, we have a range of options available, including proper diet, natural supplements and vitamins, exercise, positive thinking habits, and, if needed, medication. In addition to revealing how we can all take advantage of such strategies to enjoy the benefits of a balanced and healthy brain at every stage of our lives, Dr. Amen also pinpoints specific ways to tailor behavior, nutrition, and lifestyle to deal effectively with common mental challenges such as memory problems, anxiety and depression, attention deficit disorder, and insomnia.
Whether you're in the midst of a demanding career or are looking forward to an active and richly rewarding retirement, Magnificent Mind at Any Age can give you the edge you need to live every day to your fullest potential.
Customer Reviews:
- Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
- Magnificent book for a magnificent mind!
Amen writes this book from the perspective of a clinical psychiatrist, with an underpinning of research and clinical expertise. He is not afraid to recommend treatments, which, in his opinion, work well, regardless of whether they are based on medication, counselling, hypnotism, naturopathy, diet and so on.
I thoroughly recommend this book for those who have specific disorders, such as ADHD, or autism, to those who simply want to improve the health of our body's most important organ, the brain.
- Good Book -- Great Information
Love from Both Sides: A True Story of Soul Survival and Sacred Sexuality I'm a writer and working hypnotherapist, and besides that, I worked at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute and did research that was used to create the DSM III(R). Because of that, I saw first hand exactly what "negative thinking" can do to a person's body, health, mind, and finally spirit. I was forced into an "alternate" thought-world myself as my own book attests (he does mention Mavericks, yes?) but I found Dr. Amen's book grounded... more info
- SPECT SCANS
To answer one of the prior reviewer questions. Why does Dr Amen rely so heavily on SPECT studies? The reason is he makes a living doing SPECT scans on difficult to evaluate illnesses such as ADD. Unsuspecting parents pay out of pocket for studies that only Dr Amen has been able to prove are of any value. Cerebral perfusion studies are rarely performed in clinical practise due to the non specific nature of the findings.
- This book is a gem!
This book is a jewel because of its beauty, which is rare and powerful. For this, I have to write that reading this book gave me a beautiful shock. Let me explain my reaction in two thoughts:
The first is suggested in the title of Chapter 5: IF YOU WERE MY FAMILY, HOW WOULD I TREAT YOU? Few medical doctors share, with modesty, their personal experiences and the tools they use to make their diagnoses and treatments. I was surprised to see how Dr.Amen, candidly shares the four circles of health and... more info
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