Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness

Daniel G. Amen

Three Rivers Press, 2000 - Medical - 337 pages

BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK
In this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Here are just a few of neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen's surprising--and effective--"brain prescriptions" that can help heal your brain and change your life:
To Quell Anxiety and Panic:
̧ Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil
To Fight Depression:
̧ Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts)
To Curb Anger:
̧ Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage
To Conquer Impulsiveness and Learn to Focus:
̧ Develop total focus with the "One-Page Miracle"
To Stop Obsessive Worrying:
̧ Follow the "get unstuck" writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises

Contents

• Introduction: 3
• For Those Who Have Eyes Let Them See: 16
• Carving Knives and Tooth Fairies: 25
• Looking Into Love and Depression: 37
• Enhancing Positive Thought Patterns: 55
• Looking Into Anxiety and Fear: 82
• Mastering Fear: 97
• Looking Into Inattention and Impulsivity III: 111
• Becoming Focused: 134
• Looking Into Worry and Obsessiveness: 150
• Getting Unstuck: 171
• Looking Into Memory and Temper: 186
• Enhancing Experience: 203
• The Dark Side: 211
• Brain Pollution: 224
• The Missing Links: 245
• No Dont Whatever: 257
• Help: 281
• Who Is Andrew Really?: 297
• Medication Notes: 307
• Bibliography: 315
• Index: 321

About the author

Daniel G. Amen, MD is a physician, clinical neuroscientist, child and adult psychiatrist, and brain imaging specialist. He is the head of the Amen Clinics. He is the author of numerous books including Preventing Alzheimer's, Healing Anxiety and Depression, Healing the Hardware of the Soul, Healing ADD, Making a Good Brain Great, Sex on the Brain, The Brain in Love, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Magnificent Mind at Any Age, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body and Use Your Brain to Change Your Age. Dr. Amen is a co-author of the New York Times Bestseller The Daniel Plan Cookbook: Healthy Eating for Life. Dr. Amen is also an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness
• Author: Daniel G. Amen
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0812929985, 9780812929980
• Length: 337 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Neuroscience; Medical / Psychiatry / General; Psychology / Physiological Psychology; Psychology / Psychopathology / General; Self-Help / General; Self-Help / Mood Disorders / General