Review of Dr. Daniel Amen's "The End of Mental Illness" 6 Steps for Improved Brain Function and Mental Health

<p>Welcome back to the Neuroscience Meets Social and Emotional Learning Podcast, for episode #128 with a review of Dr. Daniel Amen’s book, The End of Mental Illness: How Neuroscience is Transforming Psychiatry and Helping Prevent or Reverse Mood and Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, Addictions, PTSD, Psychosis, Personality Disorders and More.<a href='#_edn1'>[i]</a>  </p> <p><a href='https://andreasamadi.podbean.com/e/review-of-dr-daniel-amens-the-end-of-mental-illness-6-steps-for-improved-brain-and-mental-health/'>If you are listening on iTunes, click here to see the images. </a></p> <p>Welcome back, I'm Andrea Samadi, a former educator who has been fascinated with understanding the science behind high performance strategies in schools, sports, and the workplace for the past 20 years. If you have been listening to our podcast, you will know that we’ve uncovered that if we want to improve our social and emotional skills, and experience success in our work and personal lives, it all begins with an understanding of our brain.</p> <p>Since May is Mental Health Awareness month, and every 14 minutes, someone in the country commits suicide, and it’s the 2nd leading cause of death for young people, I thought it was important to cover the one person, the leading expert on this topic, who has a goal to eliminate the stigma around mental illness with the understanding of brain health, and that’s with the world-renowned psychiatrist, brain disorder specialist, New York Times best-selling author and director of Amen Clinics, Dr. Daniel Amen.</p> <p>We’ve had his daughter on the podcast, Chloe Amen, for episode #11<a href='#_edn2'>[ii]</a> with the book that she helped Dr. Amen to write, <em>Change your Brain, Change Your Grades</em> and we have definitely asked Dr. Amen and his wife Tana to join us on the podcast. We understand that his schedule is tight between running Amen Clinics<a href='#_edn3'>[iii]</a>, The Brain Warrior’s Way Podcast<a href='#_edn4'>[iv]</a>, and making television appearances, like his recent