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Welcome to the Amen Clinics and to our website.

I'm Dr. Daniel Amen, and I started the Amen Clinics more than 20 years ago. Since then, we have seen tens of thousands of patients from 90 different countries. The Amen Clinics specializes in brain health and innovative diagnosis and treatment for a wide variety of neuropsychiatric, behavioral, and learning problems in children, teenagers, and adults.

My goal with this website is to make it a fun, educational site where you can find the tools and information you need to enhance the health of your brain and body. On this page, I will give you a quick overview of the site so you can start improving your brain health and improving your life TODAY

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Latest News and Dr. Amen in the media

In the middle of a July night in 2003, Chris Nowinski woke up on the floor of his hotel room in Terre Haute, Indiana. The lamp on the bedside table was broken, as was the table itself, and he had no idea what had happened. According to his girlfriend, he had stood up on the bed, tried to climb the wall, and then jumped off the bed, taking out the nightstand on the way down. All he could remember was trying to catch something that was falling, but apparently it had all been just a bad dream.

Though he had never sleepwalked before, Nowinski, a professional wrestler, had an idea why the strange episode had occurred. About a month earlier, he had taken a blow to the head during a match. “Bubba gave me a boot to the chin that I was too close to,” Nowinski recalls. “It was just like a real kick to the head.” Since then, he had been dealing with daily headaches, memory problems, nausea, and other symptoms typically associated with severe concussions. Having played football in high school and then at Harvard, Nowinski had been hit in the head before, but the symptoms had always been short-lived. This time, they were worse—and they were lingering.

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Who is Dr. Amen?

I am a physician, child and adult psychiatrist, brain imaging specialist, bestselling author, Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the CEO and medical director of Amen Clinics, Inc. (ACI) in Newport Beach and San Francisco, California;Bellevue, Washington;and Reston, Virginia.

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What Makes the Amen Clinics Unique?

One of the unique aspects of our work is that we use a sophisticated brain imaging study called SPECT to help us understand and treat our patients. Our brain imaging work has taught us so many valuable lessons and has led us more and more in the direction of using natural treatments to optimize the brain whenever possible.

For example, one lesson we have learned from imaging is that most psychiatric illnesses are not single or simple disorders and they all have multiple types.

7 different types of anxiety and depression
6 different types of ADD
5 different types of obesity.

Knowing your type of brain is critical to getting the right help!

We also specialize in QEEG, Neurofeedback, Educational, Neuropsychological, and Psychological Testing! CLICK HERE to find out more!

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Our Philosophy: Change Your Brain, Change Your Life

Our philosophy at the Amen Clinics is simple when you change your brain, you change your life. By enhancing your brain function with the right treatments for your brain type, you will enhance every aspect of your life your work or schoolwork, your relationships, your energy level, your emotional well-being, your physical health, and even your appearance.

Whether you are a patient or a family member of a patient, or if you are just interested in improving your life, we want to help you optimize your brain so you can be the best you can be.

Find out more in 9 Principles of the Amen Clinics.

The Amen Clinics Breakthrough Targeted Approach to Treatment: Skills, Not Just Pills

At the Amen Clinics, we do not take a one-size-fits-all cookie-cutter approach to treatment something that is unfortunately far too common in the mental health field. Instead, we treat each patient as an individual. We use a comprehensive approach to understand our patients and create targeted treatment plans based on their individual brain and unique situation.

We believe in skills, not just pills. Yes, medication is sometimes a necessary piece of a complete treatment plan but whenever possible, we use natural treatments, including natural supplements, nutrition, physical exercise, targeted thinking exercises, and more. We aim to give our patients all the tools they need to boost their brain for a better life and a better body.

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“Thank you, thank you, thank you. Alex has never been better. I feel like his real personality and his soul have been released. He is happy! He is at peace. He doesn’t worry, panic or over-react. He tells me about his day, he is funnier and more perceptive than ever. He is meeting the challenges of school without frustration. Socially, he is thriving. The ‘before’ picture and the ‘after’ picture of our life is striking”.

Gilian T. Ontario, Canada