Daniel Amen’s Credentials & Curriculum Vitae

Undergraduate:

• 1974-1975 University of Maryland, West Germany Campus
• 1975-1976 Orange Coast College, Associates of Arts Degree
• 1976-1978 Southern California College (now Vanguard University), Bachelor of Arts Degree

Graduate:

• 1978-1982 Oral Roberts University, Doctor of Medicine Degree

Post-Graduate

• 1982 – 1983 Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Medical Internship, Washington, DC
• 1983 – 1985 Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Psychiatric Residency Training, Washington, DC
• 1985 – 1987 Child, Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii
• 1991 – 1995 Nuclear Brain Imaging Independent Fellowship Study, including 200 hours of nuclear
  physics and related science at the Institute for Nuclear Medical education and 1000
  hours of clinically supervised training, leading to a California nuclear brain imaging
  license in 1995.

• California State Champion, Persuasive Oratory 1976
• Member, Orange Coast College Forensic Team with 15 awards and certificates.
• Elected to Alpha Gamma Sigma honor society 1976.
• Orange Coast College Leadership Award 1976.
• SCC Student Graduation Speaker 1978
• Chosen as a Sol W. Ginsburg Fellow in the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, serving on the Psychiatry in Industry committee and the Publications Board (1985-1986).
• First prize winner, 1984 Baltimore-District of Columbia Institute for Psychoanalysis essay contest on "Psychodynamic Principles in the Treatment of Medical or Psychiatric Patients."
• Awarded the General William C. Menninger Memorial Award for the best paper presented by a psychiatric resident at the annual General William C. Menninger Military Psychiatry Course The award was presented by Karl Menninger, M.D.
• Marie H. Eldridge Award by the American Psychiatric Association 1987 for research.
• Elected Orange Coast College Hall of Fame, April 2001
• Vanguard University Outstanding Alumnus Award 2002
• Emmy Award Winning Appearance on The Truth About Drinking, United Paramount Network
• Emmy Award Nomination for PTSD and EMDR, KCBS in Los Angeles
• Prism Award Nomination for America Undercover, Small Town Ecstasy
• Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, 2005
• Making A Good Brain Great, One of the Best Books of 2005 Amazon
• AudioFile Earphones Award Winner for Making A Good Brain Great 2006
• NY Times Bestsellers, two at one time, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life and Magnificent Mind At Any Age

• 1972-1975 Enlisted, United States Army, Combat Field Medic, stationed in West Germany
• 1975-1978, Enlisted, United States Army Reserves
• 1982-1989 Active Duty Army Physician, reached rank of Major

• American Psychiatric Association

American Neuropsychiatric Association

• Society of Nuclear Medicine
• Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Ginsburg Fellow 1984-6
• Invited Reviewer: Journal of Nuclear Medicine
• Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
• Journal of Alzheimer’s

Published Book Chapters

• Functional neuroimaging in clinical practice (co-author with Joseph C. Wu and H. Stefan Bracha) in The Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry Edited by Kaplan and Sadock 2000
• Brain SPECT Imaging and ADD in Understanding, Diagnosing, and Treating AD/HD in Children and Adolescents: An Integrative Approach. Eds Incorvaia, JA, Mark-Goldstein BS, and Tessmer D. Jason Aronson, Inc, Northvale, New Jersey, 1999, 183-196.
• New Directions in the Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Mental Disorders: The Use of SPECT Imaging in Everyday Clinical Practice. In The Neuropsychology of Mental Disorders. Ed Koziol, LF and Stout, CE. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL 1994, 286-311.
• Brain SPECT Imaging: Encyclopedia entry. Encyclopedia of Special Education edited by Cecil Reynolds and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen, published by Wiley in winter 2006. 

Published Peer Reviewed Scientific Papers

1. Cerebral Blood Flow Changes During Chanting Meditation. Nucl Med Commun. 2009 Sep 19, Khalsa DS, Amen D, Hanks C, Money N, Newberg A.
   PURPOSE: To examine changes in brain physiology during a chanting meditation practice using cerebral blood flow single-photon emission computed tomography. METHODS: Single-photon emission computed tomography scans were acquired in 11 healthy individuals during either a resting state or meditation practice randomly performed on two separate days. Statistical parametric mapping analyses were conducted to identify significant changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) between the two conditions. RESULTS: When the meditation state was compared with the baseline condition, significant rCBF increases were observed in the right temporal lobe and posterior cingulate gyrus, and significant rCBF decreases were observed in the left parietotemporal and occipital gyri. CONCLUSION: The results offer evidence that this form of meditation practice is associated with changes in brain function in a way that is consistent with earlier studies of related types of meditation as well as with the positive clinical outcomes anecdotally reported by its users.

2. A Comparative Analysis of Completed Suicide using High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging. The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences 2009; 21:430–439. AB — The authors compared regional cerebral blood flow in the brains of 12 psychiatric patients who completed the act of suicide with groups of healthy and nonsuicidal depressed subjects using statistical parametric mapping. Results were consistent with prior imaging studies on depression and were indicative of impaired impulse control and limbic dysregulation, including significant perfusion deficits in the medial prefrontal and subgenual areas (Brodmann’s areas 11, 25) and ventral tegmentum. These results warrant further research.
3. 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
4. Predicting Positive and Negative Treatment Responses to Stimulants with Brain SPECT Imaging, accepted by Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2008 Jun;40(2):131-8 Abstract—The goal of this study was to test whether clinician-rated regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) as rendered by SPECT imaging is a meaningful predictor of patient response to CNS stimulants. Chart reviews were used to identify patients who reported prior significant positive and negative responses to CNS stimulants. Each patient in the study had received resting and concentration SPECT scans using Tc99m exametazime. Differences in cerebral blood flow for frontal regions of interest were assessed in three conditions (resting, concentration, and their difference, or “delta”) using ANCOVAs and age-matched ANOVAs. Prefrontal pole deltas were found to be highly sensitive and specific predictors of response to CNS stimulants, with pole activation predicting adverse responses and pole deactivation predicting good responses. Positive and negative predictive values were greater than .75 for both poles. We conclude that SPECT renderings of rCBF, particularly in the prefrontal cortex, are a potentially powerful clinical tool for anticipating response to stimulant medications, both positive and adverse.
5. Preliminary Evidence Differentiating AD/HD from Healthy Controls Using Brain SPECT Imaging in Older Patients, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 2008 Jun;40(2):139-46. Abstract—The objective of this study was to differentiate ADHD patients from a healthy comparison group using high resolution brain SPECT imaging in older patients. Using extensive chart reviews of structured interviews, DSM-IV criteria, and psychiatrist-given diagnoses, we identified 27 patients over age 50 with ADHD, either combined or inattentive types. Patients were compared to an age-matched group of healthy subjects with brain SPECT imaging at rest and during concentration using semiquantitative visual readings. Significantly lower cortical activity is noted in the ADHD group, particularly in the prefrontal poles, orbits, and parietal lobes. Older ADHD patients can be discerned from healthy subjects using brain SPECT. The results support the executive dysfunction model of ADHD.
6. Omentum transposition surgery for patients with Alzheimer’s disease: a case series. Neurol Res. 2008 Apr;30(3):313-25. 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. OBJECTIVE: To examine effect of omentum transposition surgery (OT) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). METHODS: Within-subjects design, also known as repeated-measures design, was used. OT was performed on six biopsy-confirmed AD patients (three to the left and right hemispheres each). Follow-up was conducted over 16-50 months. Outcome measures included the sum of the sub-scores of the clinical dementia rating scale (CDRSS), dementia severity rating scale (DSRS), mini-mental status exam (MMSE) and neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI), all normalized to 0-1.0. Outcomes were compared to baseline values and to expected decline with and without cholinesterase inhibitors therapy (ChEI). RESULTS: Compared to baseline and to expected decline with ChEI, CDRSS scores were 22 and 39% less impaired at means of 14 and 25 months post-OT, and DSRS scores were 12 and 22% less impaired at means of 14 and 19 months post-OT (p<0.0001). Compared to baseline and expected course with and without ChEI, the MMSE scores of the left hemisphere OT patients were not significantly different for 11, 17 and 22 months respectively (p>0.49), while those of the right hemisphere OT patients more rapidly declined. The two patients with significant pre-operative behavioral problems markedly improved; NPI severity scores decreased by 23 (16%) and 78 (54%) points and were sustained for 22 and 42 months. DISCUSSION: OT yielded cognitive, functional or behavioral improvement for up to 3.5 years in these AD patients. Compared to randomized ChEI clinical trials, OT was 34 times more likely to produce clinically significant improvement. Basic research to identify the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effect of omentum is warranted.
7. 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 Abstract — The authors explored differences in regional cerebral blood flow in 11 impulsive murderers and 11 healthy comparison subjects using single photon emission computed tomography. The authors assessed subjects at rest and during a computerized go/no-go concentration task. Using statistical parametric mapping software, the authors performed voxel-by-voxel t tests to assess significant differences, making family-wide error corrections for multiple comparisons. Murderers were found to have significantly lower relative rCBF during concentration, particularly in areas associated with concentration and impulse control. These results indicate that nonemotionally laden stimuli may result in frontotemporal dysregulation in people predisposed to impulsive violence.
8. Brain Imaging In Clinical Practice: Pro/Con: Pro written by Daniel Amen, Clinical Psychiatry News September 2006
9. 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. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) has been shown to be an effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In this study, the authors evaluated the effectiveness and physiological effects of EMDR in police officers involved with on-duty shootings and who had PTSD. Six police officers involved with on-duty shootings and subsequent delayed-onset PTSD were evaluated with standard measures, the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale, and high-resolution brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging before and after treatment. All police officers showed clinical improvement and marked reductions in the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale Score (PDS). In addition, there were decreases in the left and right occipital lobe, left parietal lobe, and right precentral frontal lobe as well as significant increased perfusion in the left inferior frontal gyrus. In our study EMDR was an effective treatment for PTSD in this police officer group, showing both clinical and brain imaging changes.
10. 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
11. 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.
12. 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
13. Criminal recidivism as a neurobehavioral syndrome. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1999 Sep;38(9):1070-1. With Al French.
14. Regional Cerebral Blood Flow In Alcohol Induced Violence: A Case Study: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Volume 31:4, October-December 1999. A case is presented of a 20-year-old man who became violent on many occasions after ingesting alcohol. On one occasion he committed an armed robbery. Two brain SPECT studies were performed: one when he was alcohol free, and one after he ingested alcohol in the same pattern as the night of the crime. The "alcohol free" study revealed marked hyperactivity in the cingulate gyrus, right and left lateral frontal lobes, right and left lateral parietal lobes and the right lateral temporal lobe. The "alcohol intoxication" study showed an overall dampening effect on the hyperactive areas of the brain, with only the anterior cingulate gyrus showing excessive activity. In addition, the right and left prefrontal cortex became hypoperfused, decreasing impulse control and judgment, as did the left and right temporal lobes, increasing the likelihood for aggression. This study suggests that this man may have been "self-medicating" an overactive brain, but in the process induced a state that increased the likelihood for aggressive behavior. This case study suggests the need for further research in the area of alcohol-induced violence and the potential usefulness of SPECT imaging, although no conclusions can be drawn from one case.
15. Brain SPECT Imaging in Psychiatry. Primary Psychiatry, Vol. 5, No. 8, pgs 83-90, August 1998.
16. Attention Deficit Disorder: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians. Primary Psychiatry, Vol 5, No. 7, pgs 76-85, July 1998.
17. 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. Marijuana abuse is common among young Americans and even more common among teenagers and adults with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). Many teenagers and young adults believe that marijuana is a safe substance to use despite a number of studies demonstrating cognitive impairment with chronic or heavy usage. Brain single photon emission computer tomography (SPECT) imaging is being used increasingly in psychiatry to study underlying functional brain problems, including AD/HD. SPECT provides information on cerebral blood flow and metabolic function. Brain SPECT studies were performed on 30 heavy marijuana users (who had used on at least a weekly basis for a minimum of one year) with AD/HD from an outpatient psychiatric clinic and 10 AD/HD control group subjects matched for age and sex who had never used drugs. The three-dimensional surface images were used in the analysis of the scans, and were blindly interpreted without knowledge of the clinical data. Decreased perfusion in the prefrontal cortex was the only abnormality seen in the AD/HD control group (80%). In the marijuana group, there was a similar decrease in the perfusion of the prefrontal cortex while performing the same concentration task (83%). However, the marijuana group also demonstrated marked decreased activity in the right and left temporal lobes. The severe and moderate ratings were found in the heaviest users, but not necessarily the longest users. This study demonstrates decreased cerebral perfusion in the temporal lobe regions of the brain on SPECT imaging from chronic marijuana usage.
18. 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. The connection between drugs and violence has been well documented. Understanding the intricacies of this connection is essential to finding effective interventions. Much has been written about the psychosocial causes of these problems, but there have been few studies exploring the biophysiological interface between drug effects, violent behavior and brain metabolism. Over the past eight years, The Amen Clinic has been extensively involved in the clinical use of brain SPECT imaging to evaluate complicated neuropsychiatric problems, especially related to the issues of both violence and substance abuse. From this work several clinical patterns, as well as brain SPECT imaging patterns, have been recognized that may help further our understanding of these problems. In this article, following a brief review of the literature on drugs, violence and the brain, five clinical examples are explored; the authors show how these support the clinical utility of incorporating SPECT imaging into psychiatric assessment of drug abuse and violence. Finally, a model is proposed to help explain the complex interaction between the brain, violence and drug abuse.
19. Oppositional Children Similar To OCD on SPECT: Implications for Treatment, Journal of Neurotherapy, August 1997, pgs 1-8
20. Three Years On Clomipramine: Before and After Brain SPECT Study, Ann Clin Psychiatry, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1997, pgs 113-116. A case is presented of a patient diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, obsessive thinking, anger outbursts, and depression who had a SPECT study prior to treatment and after 3 years of treatment on clomipramine. The follow-up SPECT study showed marked improvement overall in the cerebral perfusion of the brain. At rest marked overactivity was noted in the anterior medial aspects of the frontal lobes, along with "patchy" (increased and decreased) uptake throughout the cortical and subcortical areas of the brain. After treatment for 3 years on clomipramine at 225 mg a day, the follow-up SPECT study revealed a normalization of activity in the anterior medial aspects of the frontal lobes as well as no patchy uptake cortically and subcortically as noted in the study prior to treatment. The clinical usefulness of the SPECT study as it relates to this case is discussed.
21. High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Ann Clin Psychiatry, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1997, pgs 81-86. Children and adolescents with ADHD were evaluated with high-resolution brain SPECT imaging to determine if there were similarities between reported PET and QEEG findings. Fifty-four children and adolescents with ADHD by DSM-III-R and Conners Rating Scale criteria were evaluated. A non-ADHD control group was also studied with SPECT. Two brain SPECT studies were done on each group, a resting study and an intellectual stress study done while participants were doing a concentration task. Sixty-fiver percent of the ADHD group revealed decreased perfusion in the prefrontal cortex with intellectual stress, compared to only 5% of the control group. These are findings consistent with PET and QEEG findings. Of the ADHD group who did not show decreased perfusion, two-thirds had markedly decreased activity in the prefrontal cortices at rest.
22. Windows into the A.D.D. Mind: Essential Knowledge Base for Educators, School of Education Journal, California State University Stanislaus, December 1997, pages 23-29.
23. High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging in Psychiatry Provides Real Help For Patients: Diagnostic Imaging, November 1996, pages 85-88.
24. Brain SPECT Imaging In Psychiatric Practice: Advance for Radiological Professionals, Vol. 9 No. 16, August 5, 1996, pgs. 12-13
25. Amen, DG, Stubblefield, M, Carmichael B: Brain SPECT Findings and Aggressiveness: Ann Clin Psychiatry, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1996, 129-137. Forty adolescents and adults who exhibited aggressive behavior within the six months prior to evaluation by physically attacking another person or destroying property were evaluated with brain SPECT imaging. A control group of 40 psychiatric patients who had never been reported to exhibit aggressive behavior were also studied. The brain SPECT studies were read blind to aggressiveness by nuclear physician on two separate occasions. The interreading reliability was very high. The brain SPECT patterns of the group with aggressive behavior showed significant differences from the control group in several areas of brain. These findings were most often seen in the following combination: decreased activity in the prefrontal cortex, increased activity in the anteromedial portions of the frontal lobes, leftsided increased activity in the basal ganglia and/or limbic system in comparison to the whole brain and focal abnormalities in the left temporal lobe. These findings indicate a possible cerebral perfusion profile for those who exhibit violent or aggressive behavior. Several case studies and the implications for treatment are discussed.
26. Brain SPECT Imaging and ADHD. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 32:5, 1079-1080 (Letter), September 1993
27. Minimizing the Impact of Deployment Separation on Military Children: Stages, Current Preventive Efforts, and System Recommendations. Military Medicine. 153(9):441-6, 1988 Sep.
28. The Target Theory of Suicide: Ideas on Evaluating the Need for Hospitalization, Resident and Staff Physician Oct. 1987. This paper was awarded the General William C. Menninger Memorial Award for the best paper presented by a psychiatric resident at the annual General William C. Menninger Military Psychiatry Course 1985. The award was presented by Karl Menninger, M.D.
29. The Psychiatrist At Work, published by Psychiatry in Industry committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. I served on this committee and contributed to the writing of this monograph.
30. The effects of hypnosis on a parkinsonian tremor: a case report with polygraph/EEG recordings. Am J Clin Hypn 1990 Oct;33(2):94-8 with Harold Wain and B. Jabbari.
31. Emotional Aspects of Surgery. Resident & Staff Physician, Jan 1986, Vol. 32, No. 1, pgs 76-87.
32. Inpatient participation in treatment planning: a preliminary report. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1986 Jul;8(4):287-90 with Harden J, Hales RE, Lewis G.
33. Emergency Room Use of Hypnosis, written with Harold Wain, General Hospital Psychiatry 8(1):19-22, 1986 Jan. Myths about hypnosis have interfered with its use in emergency settings. Specifically, included are myths about who induces the hypnotic state, the length of induction time, and the traumatized patient’s inability to concentrate on a focal point. It is suggested, however, that altered states of awareness occur rapidly and spontaneously in the patient who has experienced acute trauma and/or pain. Two cases are presented that illustrate spontaneous trancelike states occurring in traumatic situations. The cases also show how the recognition of these altered states can facilitate the patient’s care and treatment in an emergency setting.
34. The Use of Hypnosis in EPS-Associated Anxiety. Letter to the Editor in The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry, Feb 1986, Vol. 47, No. 2, pg 98.
35. Post Vietnam Stress Disorder: A Metaphor for Current and Past Life Events. First Prize winner of the Baltimore-D.C. Institute for Psychoanalysis essay contest Nov 1984. Published in the American Journal of Psychotherapy, Oct 1985, Vol. 43, No. 4, pgs 580-586 Delayed posttraumatic stress reactions are often triggered by events that echo the original trauma. It is not uncommon, however, for these delayed reactions to represent a metaphor for other current or past life events. A case is presented that illustrates the diagnostic and therapeutic significance of understanding these reactions as a metaphor.
36. Cardiac Arrhythmias and Hypnotic Intervention: Advantages, Disadvantages, Precautions, and Theoretical Considerations, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, Vol. 27, No. 1, July 1984, pgs 70-75. Written with Dr. Harold Wain.

ABBREVIATED LIST OF PRESENTATIONS

• Town Hall Meeting at Howard University with Dr. Bill Cosby on Nutrition and Poverty September 2009
• American Association of Christian Counselors, Nashville, TN, Change Your Brain, Change Your Body and Magnificent Mind At Any Age, September 2009, Addiction Track Co-Leader
• Change Your Brain, Change Your Body, Brain Health Symposium, Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, August 2009
• Magnificent Mind At Any Age, Invited 3 Day Retreat, Kripalu, MA
• Brain Imaging In Court: SPECT Uses and Controversies, International Association of the Law and Mental Health, NYC, July 1, 2009
• The 12 Most Important Steps of Your Life, Creating brain Healthy Lives, Families, Schools and Businesses, PBS WLIW, NYC, June 30, 2009
• The Million Dollar Roundtable, June 2009, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Indianapolis
• Retired NFL Players Summit, May 2009, The Impact of Brain Trauma on Retired NFL Players
• National Public Television, The Brain In Love, 2009
• National Public Television, Magnificent Mind At Any Age, 2008
• National Public Television, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, 2008
• Creating Brain Healthy Treatment Centers, Promises, Malibu, 3/09
• Creating Brain Healthy Treatment Centers, Sierra Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, 3/09
• Brain SPECT Imaging In Clinical Practice, 5 Day Conference, Newport Beach 7/07 and Reston, VA 12/07, Newport Beach 2/09
• Neuroscience and Spirituality Conference, Monterrey, Mexico 2008
• Sex On The Brain, 8 Cities 2007
• National Security Agency, Millennial Mind Conference, Hiring and Managing Brains for the NSA, Fort Meade, Maryland, 10/04
• American Psychiatric Association, Annual Meeting, Chairman of two workshops, Uses and Controversies of Using Functional Imaging in Court and Using Imaging to Evaluate Treatment, New York City 5/04
• Harvard Learning and the Brain Conference, Making A Good Brain Great, Boston, MA 4/04
• Association of Christian Counselors, Imaging, Healing The Hardware of the Soul – Imaging, Addictions, Eating Disorders and ADD, Houston, 3/03
• National Science Foundation, Advances in Technology Education, Keynote Address, 10/03
• Learning Annex, Brain Day, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Fall 2003
• Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease National Conference, Phoenix, AZ 10/03
• EMDRIA Conference, Plenary Speaker on PTSD, EMDR and Brain SPECT Imaging, Denver 9/03
• Strategies For Assessing Faith-Based Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention, Vanguard University 5/03
• Opening The Mind: The Use of Brain SPECT Imaging in Clinical Practice, Irvine, CA 5/03
• Co-Chair of Conference, co-sponsored by UC, Irvine and The Amen Clinics
• Healing ADD, CHADD Organization, San Juan Puerto Rico 2/03
• Brain Imaging and Psychiatry, Student Health Center, University of Southern California 1/03
• Brain Imaging in Court, Contra Costa Bar Association, 10/02
• Subtyping Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Brain SPECT Imaging, Grand Rounds, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine, 10/02
• Brain SPECT Imaging In Psychiatry, In-Patient Grand Rounds, University of Southern California, 7/02
• Brain SPECT Imaging In The Courtroom, American Association of Psychiatry and the Law, S. California Chapter, 6/1/02
• Brain SPECT Imaging in Brain Injury, Salt Lake City, UT, Utah Brain Injury Association 3/14
• American Neuropsychiatric Association, Controversies in ADHD 3/02
• The Learning Annex, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, 2/21/02
• Loyola Marymount University – address to student body on Drug Abuse Is Brain Abuse 11/6/01
• Behavior, Clinical Neuroscience, Substance Abuse and Culture, Sponsored by Charles Drew University/UCLA on Neuroimaging of Co-Occurring Mental Disorders, Implications for Treatment 10/25/01
• National CHADD Meeting, invited lecture, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life 10/19/01
• UC, Irvine, Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Behavioral Neuroanatomy and Brain SPECT Imaging 10/16/01
• California Psychiatric Association, Plenary Session on Brain SPECT Imaging 10/06/01
• Orange County Psychiatric Society, Brain SPECT Imaging in Psychiatry, 8/01
• Delaware Judges Conference, Healing ADD 6/01, Sponsored by the Supreme Court of Delaware
• Ohio Judges Conference, Healing ADD 6/01, Sponsored by the Juvenile and Family Court of Ohio
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, San Francisco, Healing ADD 4/01
• California State Conference on Domestic Violence, Firestorms Into The Brain: An Inside Look At Family Violence 9/00
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges on ADD, Snowbird, Utah 7/00
• Southern California Psychiatric Society: Firestorms Into The Brain: Brain Imaging and Violence 4/00
• California Judges Education and Research Institute 2/00, Napa, California
• Oregon School Counselor Association, Salem, Oregon 8/99
• National EMDR Conference, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Las Vegas 6/99
• Drugs, ADD, and Crime: Department of Alcohol and Drugs, Santa Clara County 6/99
• Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Healing ADD, Northslope Rural Health Department, Barrow, Alaska, 5/99
• A Clinician’s Guide To Functional Brain Imaging, Course Chairperson, Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC, 5/99
• Second International ADD Conference, Tel Aviv, Israel, 4/99
• Pacific Northwest Nuclear Medicine Society, Bellevue, Washington 4/99, invited lecture
• Southern California Chapter of Society of Nuclear Medicine, Phoenix 3/99, invited lecture
• Training for Professionals at the Kineitsi Indian Tribe, Kenai, Alaska, 8/98
• Tourette’s Association of Canada, Victoria, British Columbia, 5/98
• San Jose Mayor’s Gang Task Force, 4/98
• Learning Disability Association of Alabama, 3/98
• National Adult ADD Conference, Los Angeles, 10/97
• Tourette’s Association of Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Images, ADD Mind, 6/97
• National Adult ADD Conference, St. Louis, ADD: The Reality, the Pain and the Incredible Joy, 5/97
• Children’s Hospital Oakland, Brain SPECT Imaging in Psychiatry, 12/96
• Prince Albert School System, Saskatoon, Canada, The ADD Mind, 10/96
• The National Institutes of Health, sponsored by the Lab School, Washington, DC: Images into the Mind, 10/96
• Brain SPECT Imaging in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, State-of-the-Art Lecture in Medicine, Society of Developmental Pediatrics, 10/96
• National AHEAD Conference, Windows into the ADD Mind, Adult ADD, Images Into the Mind, 7/96
• US Department of Health and Human Service/LDA of Washington Public Policy Seminar on ADD and Learning Disabilities Conference, Seattle, WA 4/96
• American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Workshop on SPECT in ADD, 4/96
• Santa Clara County Judicial Education Program, Windows Into The ADD Mind, 3/96
• SF Psychiatric Society, Differential Diagnosis/Treatment of ADD in Adults, 4/96
• California Orton Dyslexic Society, Windows Into The ADD Mind, 3/96
• University of Delaware, 6 Hour ADD Seminar for Clinicians, 12/95
• California Conference on Alcohol Problems, Yosemite, ADD Mind, Healing The Chaos Within, Co-dependency, ADD, and Alcoholism, 11/95
• Learning Disability Association of Canada, Windows into The ADD Mind, Healing The Chaos Within, Overcoming the Intimacy Gap: ADD in Intimate Relationships, A Physician’s Guide to ADD, 10/95
• California State Foster Parent Association, San Francisco, Understanding and Treating the Difficult Child, 11/94
• University of Colorado Medical Center Grand Rounds, Denver, CO Brain SPECT Imaging, 3/94
• University of SF Medical Center Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Brain SPECT Imaging in Psychiatry, 1/94
• The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Windows Into The ADD Mind, 12/93
• UC Davis, Psychiatric Grand Rounds: Brain SPECT Imaging In Psychiatry, 9/93
• Evaluating ADHD With Brain SPECT Imaging, presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in San Francisco, CA, the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Psychiatry in San Francisco, CA and 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in New York, NY.
• Brain SPECT Findings In Aggressiveness, presented at the 1993 Annual Meeting of the Society for Biological Psychiatry in San Francisco, CA.

Books

1. CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR BODY, Harmony Books, division of Random House, February 2010
2. MAGNIFICENT MIND AT ANY AGE, Harmony Books, division of Random House, 12/08, New York Times Bestseller.
3. SEX ON THE BRAIN, Harmony Books, division of Random House, 1/07
4. MAKING A GOOD BRAIN GREAT, Harmony Books, division of Random House, 10/05
5. PREVENTING ALZHEIMER’S, with neurologist William R. Shankle, Putnam, April 2004
6. HEALING ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, with psychiatrist Lisa Routh, MD, Putnam, September 2003
7. HEALING THE HARDWARE OF THE SOUL. Free Press, 4/2002
8. AMEN CLINIC CLINICIAN’S BRAIN SCIENCE TOOLBOX, MindWorks Press 2004
9. IMAGES OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR: A Brain SPECT Atlas, 4/2001
10. HEALING ADD POWER PROGRAM, MindWorks Press 2005
11. HEALING ADD: The Breakthrough Program That Allows You to See and Heal the Six Types of Attention Deficit Disorder, GP Putnam and Sons 2/2001
12. CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR LIFE, published by Times Books, 1/99, New York Times Bestseller, also on best-selling lists on Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble.com, published in Brazil, Japan, China, Croatia, India, and Holland
13. FIRESTORMS INTO THE BRAIN: An Inside Look at Violence, MindWorks Press, 1998
14. THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL THAT SHOULD HAVE COME WITH YOUR CHILDREN: New Skills for Frazzled Parents, MindWorks Press 1994
15. MINDCOACH: Teaching Kids And Teens To Think Positive And Feel Good, MindWorks Press 1994
16. Would You Give 2 MINUTES A DAY For A Lifetime Of Love, St. Martin’s Press 1996
17. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE I LEARNED FROM A PENGUIN: A Story of How To Help People Change, MindWorks Press 1994.
18. TEN STEPS TO BUILDING VALUES WITHIN CHILDREN, MindWorks Press 1994.
19. A.D.D. IN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS, MindWorks Press, 1997
20. HEALING THE CHAOS WITHIN: The Interaction between ADD, Alcoholism and Growing Up In An Alcoholic Home, MindWorks Press 1995.
21. A TEENAGERS GUIDE TO A.D.D., (written with Antony Amen and Sharon Johnson) MindWorks Press 1995.
22. A CHILD’S GUIDE TO A.D.D, MindWorks Press 1996.
23. THE SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS, MindWorks Press 1994.
24. HOW TO GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY, Revised 2005 by MindWorks Press (Previously DON’T SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT: A Program To End Self-Defeating Behavior Forever: Warner Books, released November 1992). Translated in Bengali

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