Amen Clinics Research

Recent Accepted for Publication Research

A Comparative Analysis of Completed Suicide using High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging, accepted for publication 10/08 by the Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinic Neuroscience.

Recent Presented Research

Cerebral blood flow in TBI patients: SPM analysis of HMPAO-SPECT: Presented at the World Congress Brain Injury in Lisbon, Portugal April 2008 with Nienke Boersma, Jan Wiersma, Chris Hanks, Marlies Huijsmans, Hans van Isselt

Published Research

Predicting Positive and Negative Treatment Responses to Stimulants with Brain SPECT Imaging,  Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2008 Jun;40(2):131-8

Differentiating AD/HD from Healthy Controls Using Brain SPECT Imaging in Older Patients, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2008 Jun;40(2):139-46.

Shankle WR, Hara J, Bjornsen L, Gade GF, Leport PC, Ali MB, Kim J, Raimo M, Reyes L, Amen D, Rudy L, O’Heany T.   Omentum transposition surgery for patients with Alzheimer’s disease: a case series.   Neurol Res. 2008 Apr;30(3):313-25. Epub 2007 Aug 31.

An Analysis of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Impulsive Murderers Using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography,   J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2007 Summer;19(3):304-9

Brain Imaging In Clinical Practice: Pro/Con: Pro written by Daniel Amen, Clinical Psychiatry News September 2006

High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging and EMDR in Police Officers with PTSD, written with Lansing, K, Hanks, C and Rudy, L, J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Fall;17(4):526-32.

The Clinical Use of Brain SPECT Imaging in Neuropsychiatry.   With Joseph C. WU, MD. and Blake, Carmichael, PhD. Alasbimn Journal 5(19): January 2003.   http://www2.alasbimnjournal.cl/alasbimn/CDA/sec_b/0,1206,SCID%253D3212,00.html

Why Don’t Psychiatrists Look At The Brain: The Case for the Greater Use of SPECT Imaging in Neuropsychiatry.   Neuropsychiatry Reviews. February 2001, Vol. 2, No. 1. Pages 1, 19-21.

Brain SPECT imaging in the assessment and treatment of aggressive behavior: A putative “Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS)” behavioral subtype.   Abstract of presentation at the First Conference on “Reward Deficiency Syndrome:” Genetic Antecedents and Clinical Pathways, San Francisco, November 12-13, 2000, in Molecular Psychiatry, Volume 6 Supplement 1, February 2001, page S7

Criminal recidivism as a neurobehavioral syndrome.   J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1999 Sep;38(9):1070-1. With Al French.

Regional Cerebral Blood Flow In Alcohol Induced Violence: A Case Study: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Volume 31:4, October-December 1999.

Brain SPECT Imaging in Psychiatry.   Primary Psychiatry, Vol. 5, No. 8, pgs 83-90, August 1998.

Attention Deficit Disorder: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians.   Primary Psychiatry, Vol 5, No. 7, pgs 76-85, July 1998.

High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging in Marijuana Smokers with AD/HD, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Volume 30, No. 2 April-June 1998. Pgs 1-13.

Visualizing the Firestorms in the Brain: An Inside Look at the Clinical and Physiological Connections between Drugs and Violence Using Brain SPECT Imaging, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Vol. 29 (4), 1997, 307-319

Oppositional Children Similar To OCD on SPECT: Implications for Treatment, Journal of Neurotherapy, August 1997, pgs 1-8

Three Years On Clomipramine: Before and After Brain SPECT Study, Ann Clin Psychiatry, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1997, pgs 113-116.

High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Ann Clin Psychiatry, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1997, pgs 81-86.

High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging in Psychiatry Provides Real Help For Patients:   Diagnostic Imaging, November 1996, pages 85-88.

Brain SPECT Imaging In Psychiatric Practice: Advance for Radiological Professionals, Vol. 9 No. 16, August 5, 1996, pgs. 12-13

Amen, DG, Stubblefield, M, Carmichael B: Brain SPECT Findings and Aggressiveness:   Ann Clin Psychiatry, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1996, 129-137.

Brain SPECT Imaging and ADHD.   J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 32:5, 1079-1080 (Letter), September 1993