Amen, Daniel G.

Change your brain, change your life : the breakthrough program for conquering anxiety, depression, obsessiveness, anger, and impulsiveness / Daniel G. Amen. - New York : Three Rivers Press, c1998. - xi, 337 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.



Explains how the brain works and what happens when things go wrong, describes the five brain systems most closely involved with behavior, and offers targeted behavioral, cognitive, medicinal, and nutritional prescriptions for optimizing the function of each. 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: žnbsp;nbsp;Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil To Fight Depression: žnbsp;nbsp;Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts) To Curb Anger: žnbsp;nbsp;Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage To Conquer Impulsiveness and Learn to Focus: žnbsp;nbsp;Develop total focus with the "One-Page Miracle" To Stop Obsessive Worrying: žnbsp;nbsp;Follow the "get unstuck" writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises.



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Mental illness--Physiological aspects.
Brain--Pathophysiology.
Neuropsychiatry--Popular works.
Mental illness--Chemotherapy.
Brain.
Psychiatry.

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