Psychiatrist Explains The Most Important Lesson That We Can Learn From 83,000 Brain Scans

SHARE:

Psychiatrist Explains The Most Important Lesson That We Can Learn From 83,000 Brain Scans

Daniel Gregory Amen is a famous psychiatrist specialized in brain disorders and a Times bestselling author. In his TED talk, he discusses the most significant lesson we can learn from 83,000 different brain scans. As he says:

“After 22 years and 83,000 brain scans… the single most important lesson my colleagues and I have learned is that you can change people’s brains. And when you do, you literally change their life.”

Amen first talks about psychiatry and medical imaging, and SPECT imaging which is a tool that can help us understand more about imaging in general.

For the past 22 years, psychiatrists have built up a huge database of brain scans and the behaviors they are related to.

Undeterred by criticism, it is clear that Dr. Amen is passionate about his work and makes several interesting points. He adds:

“Did you know that psychiatrists are the only medical specialists that virtually never look at the organ they treat? Before imaging, I always felt like I was throwing darts in the dark with some of my patients and had hurt some of them, which horrified me! (...) Treatment needs to be tailored to individual brains, not clusters of symptoms.”

Daniel Gregory Amen scanned the brains of about five hundred convicted felons and found something quite interesting and possibly expected. People such as convicts who tend to do bad things will have troubled brains but can be rehabilitated.

In another study, Amen studied the brain of NFL players who presented poor brain function. After being put on the Brain Smart program, approximately 80% of the players showed an improvement in areas like memory and mood.

That proves that it's indeed possible to reverse brain damage. The psychiatrist also tells the story of a nine-year-old boy named Andrew who used to have extremely violent tendencies. He'd lash out and draw disturbing pictures. Rather than using medication to treat the boy, Amen used brain scans to discover a cyst that was hiding in Andrew’s brain.

Once the cyst was removed, Andrew's behavioral issues and violent tendencies disappeared. The boy was actually Amen's nephew.

Check out the fascinating TED talk here:


Reference: The Power Of Ideas

COMMENTS

BLOGGER: 2
  1. Am here to testify of the miraculous work of a great traditional doctor called DR. Osasu..I have been suffering from herpes since last 2 years with my Husband but today I am happy that am cure from it with the herbal medicine made by Dr. Osasu the great healer, I was browsing the Internet searching for help when I came across a testimony shared by someone on how Dr. Osasu cure her from Herpes Disease. I quickly contacted him to get the cure and today i am now free from the Virus, I am so much happy today that we have someone like this great healer out there, so' people out there kindly contact this great doctor on his email address please sir keep your good work cause there are people out there who is in need of your healing medicine .once more contact him now +2347064365391 Dr. Osasu can prepare Herbal medicine for all kind of disease. HIV. CANCER. HEPATITIS B .DIABETES. COLD SORES. Syphilis. HBV, HPV, STD's And many more.
    contact Dr. Osasu to get your CURED EMAIL>> drosasu25@gmail.com OR CONTACT WHATSAPP +2347064365391

    ReplyDelete

Name

Activism,1307,Art,791,BLM,22,Consciousness,1545,CoVid-19,154,Cures,227,Do it Yourself,112,Documentaries,72,Environment,1478,Fiction,2,Health,765,History,464,Human Intelligence,554,Inspirations,2,Inspiring Stories,4179,Justice,536,Mental Health,16,News,1411,Nutrition,218,Philosophy,309,Photography,1590,Quantum Physics,29,Quizzes & Tests,145,Quotes,113,Relationships,781,Science,1145,Self Improvement,838,Spirituality,248,Sustainability,246,Technology,477,Truth,755,
ltr
item
Thinking Humanity: Psychiatrist Explains The Most Important Lesson That We Can Learn From 83,000 Brain Scans
Psychiatrist Explains The Most Important Lesson That We Can Learn From 83,000 Brain Scans
Daniel Gregory Amen is a famous psychiatrist specialized in brain disorders and a Times bestselling author.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-qupROb1xVzQFaEbQIqwopq83tSvtOiUOhO0FjsyzjE7BW6mbme28W1_oZoQg_nQTonczYigDX7Rk99fU7dP6YJ3xM_kvSrJ4-kMr_n0TnVEplyC1gk-DU7ss8ar-LWQjHr85mB4jgRs/s1600/Psychiatrist+Explains+What+We+Can+Learn+From+83%252C000+Brain+Scans.png
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-qupROb1xVzQFaEbQIqwopq83tSvtOiUOhO0FjsyzjE7BW6mbme28W1_oZoQg_nQTonczYigDX7Rk99fU7dP6YJ3xM_kvSrJ4-kMr_n0TnVEplyC1gk-DU7ss8ar-LWQjHr85mB4jgRs/s72-c/Psychiatrist+Explains+What+We+Can+Learn+From+83%252C000+Brain+Scans.png
Thinking Humanity
https://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2017/09/psychiatrist-explains-what-we-can-learn-from-83000-brain-scans.html
https://www.thinkinghumanity.com/
https://www.thinkinghumanity.com/
https://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2017/09/psychiatrist-explains-what-we-can-learn-from-83000-brain-scans.html
true
7064777598104498166
UTF-8
Loaded All Posts Not found any posts VIEW ALL Readmore Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS PREMIUM CONTENT IS LOCKED STEP 1: Share to a social network STEP 2: Click the link on your social network Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy