Book Review - Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

Daniel G. Amen, author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Life is before his time in understanding truly how the brain works. In this easy-to-read book, he discusses major areas of the brain and how modern science can detect over-stimulation of any of these areas with SPECT scans (like an MRI but more detailed in actually portraying where the problem is coming from). He sees clients for any number of issues ranging from serious head trauma to mild depression. It is simply astounding how many patients he sees that have incurred a head trauma in their lives and don't even know it! Dr. Amen also explores environmental factors that can contribute to a person's mood or disposition. For example, when he was seeing a patient who came to him for increased levels of irritability, Dr. Amen was able to decipher that the patient's job was actually harming his brain, therefore altering his mood. The patient had been working with chemicals that were extremely toxic to his body and particularly his brain and as soon as he switched jobs, the mood problems were gone! I love Dr. Amen's holistic approach to common issues that many people face. He has a compassionate understanding for the human body and brain and leaves no rock unturned in this very refreshing book. Highly recommended for almost anyone!