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In the second part of Scan My Brain with Jeff Wittek, Dr. Daniel Amen explains how Jeff can better heal his brain, along with some practical strategies to get his negative thinking under control. YouTube star Jeff Wittek suffered a horrific injury resulting from a filmed stunt going wrong. In this video, Jeff meets with Dr. Daniel Amen to discuss the results of his brain SPECT scan, which helps to explain what is going on with his brain as a result of the accident. Taylor Arco, a student and social media influencer, recently visited Amen Clinics in Bellevue, WA to learn more about the anxiety she had been experiencing. After seeing what her brain SPECT scan looked like, she learned which specific parts of her brain were contributing to her anxiety. It’s no secret that boxing can be a hard sport on your brain, but fortunately many brain injuries both large and small can be helped through a targeted approach. In this video, olympic medalist boxer Tony Jeffries visits Amen Clinics in Encino to get his brain scanned using SPECT imaging and go over the results with Dr. Jay Faber. Social media entrepreneur Brock Johnson first became concerned about his brain when his fiancee Taylor called him out on forgetting to handle some of the smaller tasks in his day. Ultimately, he and Taylor made the decision to come to Amen Clinics together to get their brains scanned to see how the different areas of their brains were working. Brock was surprised by what his scan showed, but he was also given a customized plan to optimize it and help keep it healthy for the rest of his life. In our last video featuring actress and activist AnnaLynne McCord, Dr. Daniel Amen discussed the findings of her brain SPECT scan, as well as some of the physiological factors contributing to her personality splits. In this video, Dr. Amen gives AnnaLynne a road map for brain health recovery. By looking at her life in a “four-circles” approach, and by identifying and addressing each of her BRIGHT MINDS risk factors, AnnaLynne is armed with vital information to help her optimize her brain health. In an effort to de-stigmatize mental health problems, actress AnnaLynne McCord (Beverly Hills 90210, Nip/Tuck) agreed to let her session with Dr. Amen be filmed and talked candidly about having a split personality, which is currently referred to as dissociative identity disorder. In her session with Dr. Amen, AnnaLynne openly talked about her experiences with multiple personalities, including gaps in her memory, which is one of the most common dissociative identity disorder symptoms. Beverly Hills 90210 actress Jennie Garth didn’t know a past jet-skiing accident had damaged her brain, but a SPECT scan at Amen Clinics showed the result of the damage. Here Dr. Amen reveals the mental health effects she was likely experiencing as a result of the brain injury, but he also lays out a plan to help Jennie heal her brain to get rid of those lingering side effects. It was a great honor bringing actress Jennie Garth into Amen Clinics for a full evaluation. In this video, we go over Jennie’s brain scan to address some key cognitive issues she has been experiencing for years. Here is what we found. Young entrepreneur Neels Visser came to Amen Clinics to get his brain scanned due to concerns over keeping his anxiety in check. What he and Dr. Daniel Emina found are telltale patterns in areas where the emotional part of the brain is working too hard. In this video, Neels discusses his anxiety, his lifestyle, and what comes next after learning about the details of his own brain activity.