349: ADHD in Kids Explained + How The SPECT Brain Scan Guides Care | Dr. Steven Storage
Be Well by Kelly Leveque
Kelly Leveque
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🗓️ 27 August 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Storage, a board-certified psychiatrist specializing in both adult and child/adolescent psychiatry. We explore how SPECT brain scans can reveal hidden strengths and weaknesses, the different subtypes of ADHD and their unique treatment approaches, and why nutrition, sleep, and movement are so essential for supporting children’s mental health. Dr. Storage also offers his perspective on when medication may be the right choice, how metabolic and mental health are connected, and the simple lifestyle strategies families can start using today to support brain health.
Topics Discussed:
→ How do SPECT scans help with ADHD?
→ What are the types of ADHD?
→ How does nutrition support brain health?
→ When is ADHD medication needed?
→ How are metabolic and mental health linked?
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Timestamps:
→ 00:00:00 - Introduction
→ 00:02:21 - Path to Functional Medicine
→ 00:04:34 - SPECT Scan Overview
→ 00:08:58 - Improving Your Brain Scan
→ 00:12:37 - Understanding Strengths & Weaknesses
→ 00:14:09 - ADHD Superpower
→ 00:18:40 - ADHD & IQ
→ 00:21:09 - Treating Different Types of ADHD
→ 00:26:07 - Deciding When to Medicate
→ 00:29:54 - Adderall
→ 00:32:12 - Nutrition & Brain Health
→ 00:33:44 - Lifestyle Interventions
→ 00:38:10 - Lunchbox Ideas & Children’s Nutrition
→ 00:40:09 - Exercise Recommendations
→ 00:43:06 - Children’s Sleep Routine
→ 00:47:12 - Supplementation
→ 00:50:17 - Caffeine & ADHD
→ 00:54:23 - Improving Brain Health
→ 00:56:37 - Mental Health & Metabolic Health
→ 00:58:01 - Spiritual Health
→ 00:58:53 - Types of Depression
→ 01:00:46 - Misdiagnosing Bipolar Disorder
→ 01:02:10 - Processing Trauma & Neuroplasticity
→ 01:06:41 - The Future of Psychiatry & Mental Health
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| 0:00.0 | there's going to come a time where you get to pick what you want to pick to do. |
| 0:04.6 | And you can unleash that brain and match it up to something amazing for you. |
| 0:09.6 | In the meantime, the environment is not going to radically change. |
| 0:13.9 | So let's work on strategies to help you get everything you can so that when you do have the opportunity to do what you want to do, you've got plenty of choices. |
| 0:22.5 | You're listening to Be Well by Kelly Leveck. |
| 0:28.2 | Dr. Stephen Storage is a board certified psychiatrist, |
| 0:31.4 | specializing in both adult and child adolescent psychiatry. |
| 0:35.5 | Raised in Southern California, he earned his undergraduate degree |
| 0:38.4 | magna cum laude in molecular and cell biology from UC Berkeley, his medical degree from UCLA, |
| 0:44.5 | where he served as class president, and he completed his psychiatry residency at Stanford, |
| 0:49.6 | and a child adolescent psychiatry fellowship at USC, where he was chief fellow and now serves |
| 0:55.6 | as adjunct clinical professor. |
| 0:57.8 | Dr. Storage has worked in both academic |
| 0:59.9 | and clinical settings, including Children's Hospital, |
| 1:02.3 | Los Angeles, and has received multiple teaching awards |
| 1:05.1 | from USC Keck School of Medicine. |
| 1:07.6 | He's published in peer review journals |
| 1:09.4 | and has presented on topics such as neuroimaging, |
| 1:12.2 | the effects of social media on mental health, psychosomatic medicine. |
| 1:16.7 | Currently at Aeman Clinics, his integrative approach combines imaging, psychotherapy, |
| 1:21.9 | nutrition, lifestyle, and pharmacology to help patients of all ages achieve their fullest potential. |
| 1:28.9 | It is such a pleasure and I've been so looking forward to welcoming Stephen Storge to the show. Dr. Steven Storage, I am so excited to have |
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