About Amen Clinics

At Amen Clinics, we specialize in an innovative brain-body approach to diagnosis and treatment planning for a wide array of emotional, behavioral, learning, cognitive, and weight issues for children, teenagers, and adults.

Amen Clinics, Inc. is one of the world leaders in applying brain imaging science to help people who struggle with:

  • Emotional issues such as anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder.
  • Behavioral challenges like addictions, weight control, or anger-management issues.
  • Cognitive problems such as memory issues, Alzheimer’s Disease, and dementia.
  • Learning challenges like Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), also called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

What Makes Amen Clinics Different?

Our brain imaging work clearly shows that we are not dealing with mental health issues, rather we are dealing with brain health issues that steal your mind. At Amen Clinics, we believe that brain health is the foundation of overall health, well-being, and success. When the brain is healthy, people are happier, physically healthier, wealthier, and they make better decisions, which helps them be more successful in every area of life. When the brain is not healthy, for whatever reason, people are sadder, sicker, poorer, and their decision-making suffers, which diminishes their chances for getting what they want out of life.

Unlike traditional psychiatry that rarely looks at the organ it treats, we use brain SPECT imaging, which measures blood flow and activity in the brain to help us more accurately diagnose and treat your needs. Our comprehensive evaluations also include laboratory testing (when necessary), clinical assessments, your personal history, and more. This helps us provide you with a comprehensive, personalized treatment plan utilizing the least toxic, most effective solutions to enhance brain health.

Achieving our mission to boost brain health not only helps individuals prevent or alleviate suffering, but it also helps everyone around them—family members, friends, and coworkers. In addition, helping one person’s brain can create a lasting legacy that will empower and improve the lives of their future generations.

Our unique, well-researched process results in higher than average success rates. In fact, we perform outcome studies on our patients, which have found that 85% of people report a better quality of life after treatment at Amen Clinics.

The most important lesson we have learned from nearly 300,000 brain scans is that you are NOT stuck with the brain you have. You can change your brain and change your life. And we can help you do it.

 

Daniel G. Amen, MD

Daniel Amen, MD believes we are on the cusp of a new revolution in psychiatry. With nearly 300,000 brain SPECT scans on patients from 155 countries, his research reveals that most psychiatric disorders are not mental health issues at all—but they are brain health issues that steal people’s minds. His guiding principle is simple: get your brain right and your mind will follow. His mission is to end mental illness by creating a revolution in brain health.

Dr. Amen is a physician, double board-certified psychiatrist, award-winning researcher, and 20-time national bestselling author whose books have been translated into 50 languages. His book Change Your Brain, Change Your Life has sold over a million copies, and he is also the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Daniel Plan, written with Pastor Rick Warren and Dr. Mark Hyman.  Their program to get the world healthy through brain health has been implemented in thousands of churches worldwide.

Founder of Amen Clinics, with 11 locations nationwide, he has published over 95 scientific papers and hosted 19 national public television specials on brain health. Named the web’s #1 most influential mental health expert, the Washington Post called Dr. Amen “the most popular psychiatrist in America.”

His newest book—scheduled to be released in December 2025—is titled Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain.