End of Mental Illness, The

Transformational - IF you make the choice for it to be. People generally know what to do, they just don't do what they know - or do they? In this book Dr. Amen covers a tremendous amount of ground. The title of the book "The End of Mental Illness" may throw off some readers, no spoilers here, but you could change the title to "The End of a Crappy Life", "The End of Unhealthy Lifestyles", "The End of Bad Choices" - it all still applies. The book is well organized and the "tiny habits" summaries throughout the book are game changers. No matter who you are, there have been days when you have felt like you are not 100% - in some cases that's even led to a professional diagnoses and some type of treatment (pill) that can go on for a lifetime; if not yourself, then you've certainly seen this happen to others close to you. But is that the right treatment? - in some cases, yes, but in many I would argue no - but I'm just a layperson and Amen is a MD so perhaps his opinions and thought will go a longer way than mine. Walk into any convenience store in America and you are bombarded with unhealthy choices that are STEALING your life away - we are literally being programmed by corporate America to purchase and consume products that are destroying our health and our lives - generational change - IN A BAD WAY. In addition to a slew of quality advice about healthy lifestyle and food choices that impact your brain and state of mind, Dr. Amen goes the extra step and offers some wisdom on how to expand that impact even further - imagine - a bunch of readers getting excited about getting healthy and taking action to do so - crazytalk! - surely that's someone else's job and my job is to sit back and talk about how bad the status quo is... - no it's not - READ, LEARN, ACT - get off your asses, make good choices, set a good example for your kids, spouse, family, co-workers, everyone. Lots of common sense in this book, not necessarily a lot of common practice (but could be). Preventable death and disease is of major concern to me - the costs are high in our society, and with the current COVID pandemic even more significant - how many people that contracted CV19 on top of pre-existing conditions (obesity, hypertension, diabetes, etc.) immediately wished they would have made better choices in life - for some it has been terminal - there hasn't been much time to wish... In Louisiana where we rank last or 2nd to last in just about every national ranking category related to wellness, this is a big problem. I put off reading this book b/c it's 448 pages long and I was thinking it would take a great deal of time to read, but I sailed through it in a week - it's a page turner. Doesn't matter who you are, young or old, married, single, no kids or kids - there is information in this book that can set you up for success, happiness, and health. Stop the sugar! Eat the veggies! Exercise! Sleep! Eliminate toxins! Highly recommend.

"The End of Mental Illness" ist ein Buch des Psychiaters Dr. Daniel G. Amen. Es argumentiert, dass die herkömmliche Herangehensweise an die Behandlung von psychischen Erkrankungen nicht ausreicht und schlägt alternative Methoden vor, um das Gehirn zu heilen und psychische Gesundheit zu fördern. Das Buch diskutiert verschiedene Faktoren, die die geistige Gesundheit beeinflussen, wie Ernährung, Bewegung, Schlaf und die Umgebung, und wie diese Faktoren zur Prävention und Behandlung von psychischen Erkrankungen genutzt werden können. Dr. Amen betont auch die Bedeutung von Gehirnscans und bildgebenden Verfahren zur Diagnose und Behandlung von psychischen Erkrankungen. Insgesamt ist das Buch eine kritische Untersuchung der herkömmlichen Behandlungsmethoden für psychische Erkrankungen und bietet alternative Ansätze, um die geistige Gesundheit zu verbessern. Es ist gut recherchiert und bietet Lesern eine neue Perspektive auf das Thema psychische Gesundheit und Behandlung. Dieses Buch ist auch uneingeschränkt für alle im sozialen Bereich tätigen Fachleute zu empfehlen. Es ist verständlich geschrieben und bietet wertvolle Einblicke, die für jeden leicht zugänglich sind.

Un livre facile à lire qui explique l'utilisation d'un appareil capable de regarder le fonctionnement du cerveau dans la clinique du Dr Amen. Beaucoup d'exemples, de photos de cerveau avant et après les soins du Dr Amen, des reussites certaines sur des dépressions, des mauvais diagnostics donnés de schizophrénie qui se révélent être autre chose et soignable par des méthodes plus appropriées. J'ai quand même eu un peu de mal à comprendre de rôle des maladies à soigner avec le "bright Mind"car les explications ne sont pas claires sur les soins sauf les compléments alimentaires à prendre et le contexte psychologique à changer. Un peu décue des soins sur la schizophrénie car il nous recommande de prendre d'abord des neuroleptiques. la fin de la maladie mentale ,certes, mais à condition d'avoir son appareil à portée de main (uniquement aux USA)et de pouvoir le rencontrer ou son équipe pour plus d'explications.

Great book Specially if you want to learn more about mental health

I order the book hard cover and it arrived quite normal. The hard cover was the reason I order it, otherwise I would have had it to read online. So that was a pitty, but I was too lazy to turn it back. The content of the book is amazing!