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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: Three Rivers Press Catalog: Book Release date: 1999-12-31 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 352 Ean: 9780812929980 Book Isbn: 0812929985  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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 Written on December 30, 2008 Summary: Worth the quick read I know something is going on in my brain due to migraines and other symptons. It is a good book to begin asking questions but not really to treat yourself- whereas after the PBS program I had some ideas to experiment with. I recognized a family member in one of the cases, so it filled me with compassion as well.  Written on December 29, 2008 Summary: one purpose: to trick people in the purpose of this book is to trick gullible desperate uninformed people into visiting one of the amen clinics where they will get ripped off shamelessly. the book offers no practical solutions to "changing one's brain". the author talks about scanning people's brains in his extremely expensive clinic and indirectly claims that visiting other psychiatrists is not quite as effective because they don't actually look at your brain, like Amen does, therefore, they can't treat properly. He doesn't disclose, however, how many dissatisfied patients he had, how often his scans had proven to be ineffective, and how much his treatment actually costs on average. If you have no formal medical education and are desperate for an effective treatment (which is 99% of the readers), this book will brainwash you with its false science and you might even find yourself on your way to Amen clinic. Written on December 27, 2008 Summary: Nothing life changing Got this for my husband. He just "had" to have it after watching a PBS special. He enjoyed the book, and found the brain scans pretty fascinating. The best thing he got out of it is figuring out that he probably has ADD. This is not new news around here. He finished the book, then moved on.  Written on December 27, 2008 Summary: Change your BRAiN (sic) - faith based psychiatry? The following is my opinion. Amen introduces detecting and manipulating over and under stimulation of specific brain structures to effect mood or behavior. Also includes common psychological "homework" techniques to develop awareness of an individual's internal psychology. Actual critique: He could have done better suggesting ways to help ADD / OCD / etc sufferers through his mood therapy techniques, and omitted the implication his work has anything concrete to do with less-severe problems. Cons: One word critique: extremes. Longer critique: Shilling his radioisotope + SPECT scanner to diagnose ails. The best audience for this book is people with serious brain problems. In the case studies the patients he talks about are people with serious problems: brain cysts, ADD, OCD, stroke, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia, severe panic attacks, clinical depression, suicidal tendencies. Unfortunately for that audience, he doesn't present enough hard correlative evidence for many of his unique assertions. Sways in the direction of "trust me" or faith-based logic, suggesting psychological problems will go away with use of pills as determined by SPECT scans, and positive self-talk. The disturbing use of the authoritative word "to heal" in this context. Extrapolating: sing your way to better temporal lobe health curing your memory and temper problems. The mood correlations to brain structures seem too loosely proven to be advanced by this book: cats are to verdant forests as dogs are to deserts, therefore think happy thoughts to be like a cat. Feels like a collection of notes vaguely associating physiological brain structures with mood and behavior. The internal-awareness stuff is generally helpful but has already been covered elsewhere and in more detail: (Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy http://www.amazon.com/dp/0380810336); Amen sadly does not to my standards tie this material to his discussion of brain structures. His mood therapy talk switches abruptly from deep breathing, to suggesting using Valium or Xanax. Dietary treatment is mentioned, but its inclusion like mood-therapy's inclusion seems inappropriate given the book's apparent SPECT-promotion goal. Firm statements like "Stop worrying about what other people think about you." are offensive as they're wildly simplistic. The gaudy cover design. The book's title appears to have a one-inch tall formatting error: "BRAiN". The lower-case i may be an attempt to relate the word brain to the all lowercase "life" through their letter in common. This effect is almost cute but to me in the end it's distracting. Editing error, completely missing the "prefrontal cortex prescription #5", there is a #6, and #4 is embarrassingly on the topic of staying organized The compelling quack-watch critique: http://www.quackwatch.org/06ResearchProjects/amen.html More illustrations of brain structures earlier would be helpful, should be copied into first chapter's brain structures introductory paragraphs; can be found in later chapters. The religious focus: Reference to treatment prescriptions as miracles. The silly fact his name is Amen, more seriously that he graduated from Oral Roberts University, and his commercial clinic's website's use of religious-invoking (fantastic rays of light, etc) imagery. The revealing fact of his shock when he realized there's physiological relationships to human behavior long after completing medical school: "Seeing these scans caused me to challenge many of my basic beliefs about people, character, free will, and good and evil that had been ingrained in me as a Catholic schoolboy." He limits his religious prescriptions to the Catholic or Christian sphere. Pros: Discourages self-blame for psychiatric and psychological disorders, encourages hope in medical treatment for easing various sufferings L-tryptophan nutritional information relating to moodiness via serotonin Useful but repetitive and derivative mood therapy information. Conclusion: It's a sales pitch for his clinic, drop his material. Seems to be the same thing with the rest of his books. Look for other more concise books elsewhere, or for serious problems visit several psychiatrists & pick one that you think will be best for you. Written on December 22, 2008 Summary: Interesting Read I enjoyed this book. It was easy to read and provided some insight into the complexities of the human brain. If the author's findings are basically sound, it gives the reader an additional tool for understanding why some people behave as they do and also offers self-help techniques for those who see themselves in the pages of this book. If the techniques work on some level, readers can perhaps at least alleviate the worst of whatever brain irregularities they may have. Only those who try will know if they work. This book provides food for thought, and I found it worth reading. Pain Banishment, Not Pain Management:Non-Invasive Treatment for RSD/CRPS and Other Chronic Pain: Such As Neuropathy, Migraines, Arthritis, and Fibromyalgia ~ EVEN WHEN NOTHING ELSE WORKS ~ |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1999-12-31 | 2002-06-04 | 2006-12-26 | 2004-12-07 | 2008-12-02 | 2008-01-22 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Hardcover | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 352 | 448 | 336 | 352 | 352 | 288 |
| Ean | 9780812929980 | 9780425183274 | 9781400082094 | 9780425198445 | 9780307339096 | 9780307339089 |
| Book Isbn | 0812929985 | 0425183270 | 1400082099 | 0425198448 | 0307339092 | 0307339084 |
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