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    <body><![CDATA[The New Year brings the season of fresh starts, resolutions, the air of possibility and the impulse to make changes. This book came across my radar a few weeks ago when I was channel-surfing and caught the PBS  program &quot;Change Your Brain, Change Your Life&quot; presented by Dr. Daniel Amen. Aft...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42143728">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>Your brain is the hardware of your soul.</em><br/>--Dr. Daniel Amen<br/><br/>After reading about half the book, I grew weary of the repetitive pattern of naming a part of the brain, describing its function in terms of behavior, and then offering advice about how to improve its performance. Dr. Amen's ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65322312">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is an excellent resource. I highly recommend it. It explains behavior in a whole new way. If you have ever struggled with anxiety, depression, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or other garden-variety psychological problems, this book is extremely helpful.  The author, Daniel Amen, is a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63682139">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't know about advocating natural remedies, including deep breathing, guided imagery, meditation, self-hypnosis, and biofeedback for treating disorders that are so frequently dealt with by prescription only. One can only imagine why people in the world are so screwed-up. Alcohol, drugs, depressi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58426379">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a fascinating and powerful book.  I read relatively little non-fiction, but I'm glad I read this one.  Dr. Amen is a neuroscientist and psychiatrist who pioneered the use of SPECT imaging brain scans to help his patients.  He found that he could see actual physical/chemical changes in specif...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76425127">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Change Your Brain, Change Your Life: The Breakthrough Program for Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Anger, and Impulsiveness]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't often read this kind of book, and it is not inspiring reading.  On the other hand, there are enough nuggets of interest to have allowed me to read it through (mostly).<br/><br/>The good Doctor describes the new progress in understanding the parts of the brain itself, and what functions the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52398788">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK<br/>In this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Here are just a few of neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen's surprising--and effective--&quot;brain prescriptions&quot; that can help heal your brain and change your life:<br/>To Quell Anxiety and Panic:<br/> ¸  Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil<br/>To Fight Depression:<br/> ¸  Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts)<br/>To Curb Anger:<br/> ¸  Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage<br/>To Conquer Impulsiveness and Learn to Focus:<br/> ¸  Develop total focus with the &quot;One-Page Miracle&quot;<br/>To Stop Obsessive Worrying:<br/> ¸  Follow the &quot;get unstuck&quot; writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises]]>
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    <![CDATA[BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK<br/>In this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Here are just a few of neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen's surprising--and effective--&quot;brain prescriptions&quot; that can help heal your brain and change your life:<br/>To Quell Anxiety and Panic:<br/> ¸  Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil<br/>To Fight Depression:<br/> ¸  Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts)<br/>To Curb Anger:<br/> ¸  Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage<br/>To Conquer Impulsiveness and Learn to Focus:<br/> ¸  Develop total focus with the &quot;One-Page Miracle&quot;<br/>To Stop Obsessive Worrying:<br/> ¸  Follow the &quot;get unstuck&quot; writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I just skimmed it cuz I had to give it back to the library.  But I thought it was excellent.  Jeromy and I saw the PBS presentation for this and thought it was pretty cool, so I wanted to read the book.  There's a chapter on the power of positive thinking and exercises you can do to think more...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52769655">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK<br/>In this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Here are just a few of neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen's surprising--and effective--&quot;brain prescriptions&quot; that can help heal your brain and change your life:<br/>To Quell Anxiety and Panic:<br/> ¸  Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil<br/>To Fight Depression:<br/> ¸  Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts)<br/>To Curb Anger:<br/> ¸  Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage<br/>To Conquer Impulsiveness and Learn to Focus:<br/> ¸  Develop total focus with the &quot;One-Page Miracle&quot;<br/>To Stop Obsessive Worrying:<br/> ¸  Follow the &quot;get unstuck&quot; writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I knock off one star automatically for anything that claims to be a &quot;breakthrough program.&quot;  Amen is doing interesting things, though.  Doing functional, real time imaging of the brain is still considered fringe medicine, and there's a LOT we still don't know.  This book is only a piece of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81774390">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK<br/>In this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Here are just a few of neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen's surprising--and effective--&quot;brain prescriptions&quot; that can help heal your brain and change your life:<br/>To Quell Anxiety and Panic:<br/> ¸  Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil<br/>To Fight Depression:<br/> ¸  Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts)<br/>To Curb Anger:<br/> ¸  Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage<br/>To Conquer Impulsiveness and Learn to Focus:<br/> ¸  Develop total focus with the &quot;One-Page Miracle&quot;<br/>To Stop Obsessive Worrying:<br/> ¸  Follow the &quot;get unstuck&quot; writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished this book by Dr. Amen and I really enjoyed it.  I have always been interested in &quot;brain &amp; behaviour&quot; things, such as personality indices, psychology, psychiatry, etc.  So this book was right up my alley.  <br/><br/>Dr. Amen demonstrates in this book how the way we think a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48694789">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[BRAIN PRESCRIPTIONS THAT REALLY WORK<br/>In this breakthrough bestseller, you'll see scientific evidence that your anxiety, depression, anger, obsessiveness, or impulsiveness could be related to how specific structures in your brain work. You're not stuck with the brain you're born with. Here are just a few of neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen's surprising--and effective--&quot;brain prescriptions&quot; that can help heal your brain and change your life:<br/>To Quell Anxiety and Panic:<br/> ¸  Use simple breathing techniques to immediately calm inner turmoil<br/>To Fight Depression:<br/> ¸  Learn how to kill ANTs (automatic negative thoughts)<br/>To Curb Anger:<br/> ¸  Follow the Amen anti-anger diet and learn the nutrients that calm rage<br/>To Conquer Impulsiveness and Learn to Focus:<br/> ¸  Develop total focus with the &quot;One-Page Miracle&quot;<br/>To Stop Obsessive Worrying:<br/> ¸  Follow the &quot;get unstuck&quot; writing exercise and learn other problem-solving exercises]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of the best books I've read on ADHD and helped me in working with doctors on both of my children to identify the kind of ADD/ADHD they had.  It also helped me to identify the symptoms and areas of my life where I struggle with some of the identical problems!  This doctor knows what he is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63239165">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[In this age of do-it-yourself health care (heck, if the doctor only sees you for 10 minutes each visit, what other options are there?), <em>Change Your Brain, Change Your Life</em> fits in perfectly. Filled with &quot;brain prescriptions&quot; (among them cognitive exercises and nutritional advice) that are geared toward readers who've experienced anxiety, depression, impulsiveness, excessive anger or worry, and obsessive behavior, <em>Change Your Brain, Change Your Life</em> milks the mind-body connection for all it's worth.  <p> Written by a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who has also authored a book on attention deficit disorder, <em>Change Your Brain</em> contains dozens of brain scans of patients with various neurological problems, from caffeine, nicotine, and heroin addiction to manic-depression to epilepsy. These scans, often showing large gaps in neurological activity or areas of extreme overactivity, are downright frightening to look at, and Dr. Amen should know better than to resort to such scare tactics. But he should also be commended for advocating natural remedies, including deep breathing, guided imagery, meditation, self-hypnosis, and biofeedback for treating disorders that are so frequently dealt with by prescription only.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a MUST read for all youngsters in America of today. Absolute eye opener. This is a 10 Golden Star book<br/>.<br/>Healthy person brain is large. Unhealthy person brain is small.<br/><br/>Healthy causes: Good Nutrition, regular exercise, good sleep, happy family among other things.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67949562">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My hubby and I saw Daniel Amen give a presentation on PBS on the nutrition-brain-wellness connection and were intrigued. I think I accidentally bought the wrong book on Amazon. Anyhoo, we *are* trying to incorporate the brain foods that Amen recommended in his PBS presentation into our weekly diet:...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35272640">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[When I picked this book, I thought it was going to be more about changing the way you think. I thought it was going to be more of a self-help, train yourself to think more productively, kind of book. It's not, but the information in this book is very valuable to anyone who has dealt with mental... I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34809357">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I channel surfed onto a PBS special where the author was talking about this book. I came into the program part way into it, with the author discussing attention deficit disorder although I didn't quite get the full gist of it as I was IM-ing with a friend and playing a computer game at the same time...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34162599">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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