Introduction: making a good brain great
Pt. 1. nine brain-centered principles to change your life
Your brain is involved in everything you do
When your brain works right, you work right: when your brain is troubled, you have trouble in your life
Your brain is the most complex organ in the universe
Your brain is very soft, housed in a very hard skull: injuries can change your life, and no one knows about it
Know and heal the brain systems that run your life: Amen clinic brain system quiz
One size does not fit everyone: most problems (such as ADD, anxiety, and
depression) are not single or simple disorders
How do you know unless you look?: new knowledge from imaging
Yes, you can change your brain and change your life!
The myth of the perfect brain: we all need a little help
Pt. 2. The Amen Clinic program for making a good brain great
Eat right to think right: food as brain medicine
Brain workouts: keeping the brain young through mental exercise
Brain sex: making love is good for your grain
Improving reality: the brain's role in perception
Serenade the brain: musical interventions
Soothing the brain: calming the stress that kills cells
Keeping the brain young: preventing problems of aging
Supercharging neurons: brain-specific supplements
Getting more help: knowing when and how to get help
Fifteen days to a better brain
Appendix: why SPECT: what brain SPECT imaging can tell clinicians and patients that they connot obtain elsewhere
