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	Healing Anxiety and Depression Daniel G. Amen, Lisa C. Routh Berkley Trade, 2004 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 36 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Disclosure: Drawn by Daniel Amen's creative and, I believe, brilliant work, I have gotten to know Dr. Amen personally, and consider him a valued colleague in Southern California.

Thomas M Brod MD, Assist. Clinical Professor, Dept of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Science, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA

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a brain spect experts opinion of Anxiety and Depression

The latest release by Dr.Amen is his best synthesis of applying a brain system approach to the symptomatology manifesting as clincial anxiety and depression.

Emerging research in the cognitive neurosciences adds increasing support to his experience using SPECT. The current tools used at the university level are more sophisticated (Functional MRI, Transcranial Magnetic Imaging and PET ) but are not in conflict with his findings.

The graphic and concise presentation of brain images and text allows both the novice and more familiar reader of Amen's works to understand the overlapping features of these disorders. An advantage of his style is that a reader may begin the book from any section or chapter. I found this benefit very useful for myself and amongst my patients in our search for the chapter that is most " Us ".

I highly recommend this book as an addition to the bookshelf of the American public.

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Germane to sound mental health - this book is a must read

Dr. Amen's use of state of the art brain imaging technology (SPECT scan) brings vital understanding to these critical subjects of Anxiety and Depression. Simple to comprehend and comparable to concepts in the children's story of Goldie Lochs and the Three Bears, where brain systems and structures are either operating too fast, just right or too slow, the reader can quickly grasp that this functional imbalance is the root cause for mental dysfunction. This book typifies the notion that a picture (SPECT scan) is worth a thousand words. Beyond simply stating the problem, Dr's. Amen & Routh provide a progressive strategy toward reversing and recovering from these mental illnesses. This book truly puts the power to heal in the hands of the reader.

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Evidence can build acceptance

This comprehensive review of the specific physical, brain presentations of depression and anxiety takes emotional illness out of the quagmire of possibilities into real medical science. "Healing Anxiety and Depression" is another of Amen's ground breaking reviews of the value of SPECT scans for not only understanding the brain origins of these problems, but also can provide answers regarding the effectiveness of specific medications as well. If you know someone who doubts that these problems are real or can be fixed, just send them to the sections regarding treatment results. If you are a therapist and interested in the most recent advances in differential diagnosis, this book will take you into the future of mental health diagnosis and treatment. Amen makes difficult concepts understandable and easily applicable to the kinds of difficulties we see in everyday clinical practice.

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Brain imaging Pioneer does it again!

Dr. Amen, pioneer and inovator of the brain imaging (SPECT) scans for the study and treatment of ADHD has now trained his attention to the common cold of mental disturbances: Anxiety and Depression. He brings hard science to the common "soft" study and treatment of these two ailments. For therapist who can not prescribe medication, this volume will prove very usefull in understanding the use and effectiveness of specific medications to treat the seven types of anxiety and depression. For the client, finally a book to help them through with understanding.


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