What Are The 5 Brain Types Associated with Addiction?

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Dr Daniel Amen

Braintrauma, Healthtips, Sleep, Obesity, Anxiety, Braininjury, Depression, Ptsd, Mentalhealth, Mood, Brainhealth, Health & Fitness, Energy, Disease, Addiction, Mental Health, Healthadvice, Adhd, Memory, Focus

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🗓️ 16 November 2017

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

When we talk about treating addiction, too often we think in terms of a “one size fits all” approach, but there are different types of brain function associated with addiction. Sometimes what works best for some may actually be quite detrimental towards others. In this episode, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana Amen reveal the five different brain types associated with addiction and give treatment methods for each type.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast. I'm Dr. Daniel Aeman.
0:06.0	And I'm Tanna Aeman. Here we teach you how to win the fight for your brain to defeat anxiety, depression, memory loss, ADHD, and addictions.
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0:49.6	Welcome to the Brain Warriors Way podcast.
0:55.0	Welcome back. We're talking about addiction rescue and we have to talk about what I think is one of the big innovations that we've made at
1:04.2	Aeman Clinics is we have seen that all addicts are not the same.
1:09.8	No. That there are some that are impulsive, some that are compulsive, some that are
1:17.4	impulsive and compulsive, some that are sad, some that are anxious, and some that
1:22.2	have had trauma. In fact that's actually really common.
1:26.7	If you're going to understand addictions, it's critical to understand the brain.
1:32.0	So I have to say because we talked in our last episode
1:34.7	about how personal this is to me,
1:36.2	and we've got several people in my family
1:38.8	who have suffered with addiction.
1:41.1	It just seems to be an issue and something that if you are the person in your family who's not the addict
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