Dr. Daniel Amen on The Secret to Ending Mental Illness | Health Theory

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🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Daniel Amen wants to see the end of mental illness, and he may very well achieve his goal. The man called “America’s favorite psychiatrist” is absolutely dedicated to improving everyone’s brain health, eliminating the stigma surrounding mental illnesses, and reducing psychiatry’s reliance on pharmaceuticals as a method of first resort. On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Dr. Daniel Amen discusses his methods for healing the brain, the importance of intergenerational trauma, and things you can do right now to improve your mental health. This episode is brought to you by: Better Help: Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/impacttheory SHOW NOTES: Daniel talks about the end of mental illness [1:31] Daniel believes the stigma surrounding mental illness comes from misunderstanding [2:34] Daniel discusses the impact of prayer on the brain [4:52] The first thing Daniel recommends is never pharmaceuticals [8:51] Tom and Daniel discuss meditation and neurofeedback [10:21] Your body responds to every single thought you have [13:28] Why is hypnosis so powerful? [14:44] Daniel explains how to use hypnosis effectively [16:24] Hypnosis allows you to deal with trauma in a place that’s completely safe [20:11] Daniel believes that we carry memories from our ancestors [21:20] Daniel describes a good diet for brain health [27:41] Daniel explains why a hyperbaric oxygen chamber can help with brain health [28:22] Don’t believe every stupid thing you think! [29:33] How to create good “tiny brain habits” [30:39] Daniel asks everyone he works with to start with the “one page miracle” [34:02] The end of mental illness begins with a revolution in brain health [35:40] Daniel describes some toxins that you might not be aware of [37:18] Of the 11 major risk factors for brain illness, being overweight includes five [39:25] Eating unhealthy food is not a reward. It’s a punishment. [43:04] Daniel describes the number one thing we do to damage our health [45:14] FOLLOW DANIEL: WEBSITE: danielamenmd.com INSTAGRAM: https://bit.ly/32nHHdN FACEBOOK: https://bit.ly/2vcPfEe TWITTER: https://bit.ly/3c4NEkt

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0:29.8	Hey everybody, welcome to Health Theory. Today's guest is Dr. Daniel Aiman. Known as America's
0:36.0	most popular psychiatrist, he's double-board certified and has a slew of New York times best-selling
0:42.1	books to his name. He scanned over 100,000 brains in his career and his research into brain imaging
0:48.0	ranked number 19 out of 100 science stories in 2015. His incredible public television programs
0:55.4	on the brain and brain health have aired more than 80,000 times and through his nationwide
1:00.9	string of health clinics, his team sees over 4,000 patients every month. This is very serious
1:07.6	list of bonafies my friend and welcome back by the way, this is round two. It is good to have you back.
1:13.2	Well, I'm grateful to be with you again. So with that insane string of interactions with the brain,
1:21.6	how's that given you a new way to think about mental health, how should we reframe it, what
1:26.8	what does that tell you? So I have a new book coming out called The End of Mental Illness and I
1:32.0	realize that that's going to get me into all sorts of trouble. I love it. But after looking at the
1:40.0	brain, I've come to realize these are not mental illnesses at all, that their brain health issues
1:50.0	that steal your mind. And when you really unpack this one idea, it just changes everything. People
1:58.4	begin to see their problems as medical and not moral. It decreases shame and guilt. It increases
2:06.8	compliance. It increases compassion and forgiveness because we begin to see bipolar disorder,
2:15.8	schizophrenia or major depression like heart disease and no one is shamed for it even though all
2:22.8	of them have lifestyle contribution. What do you think that the stigma came from? Like why? Because
2:28.8	dude, it was not long ago where mental health issues was really, really stigmatized. I would say it's
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