The End of Mental Illness: How Neuroscience Is Transforming Psychiatry and Helping Prevent or Reverse Mood and Anxiety Disorders, ADHD, Addictions, PTSD, Psychosis, Personality Disorders, and More

New hope for those suffering from conditions like depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, addictions, PTSD, ADHD and more.Though incidence of these conditions is skyrocketing, for the past four decades standard treatment hasn’t much changed, and success rates in treating them have barely improved, either. Meanwhile, the stigma of the “mental illness” label―damaging and devastating on its own―can often prevent sufferers from getting the help they need.Brain specialist and bestselling author Dr. Daniel Amen is on the forefront of a new movement within medicine and related disciplines that aims to change all that. In The End of Mental Illness, Dr. Amen draws on the latest findings of neuroscience to challenge an outdated psychiatric paradigm and help readers take control and improve the health of their own brain, minimizing or reversing conditions that may be preventing them from living a full and emotionally healthy life.The End of Mental Illness will help you discover:Why labeling someone as having a “mental illness” is not only inaccurate but harmfulWhy standard treatment may not have helped you or a loved one―and why diagnosing and treating you based on your symptoms alone so often misses the true cause of those symptoms and results in poor outcomesAt least 100 simple things you can do yourself to heal your brain and prevent or reverse the problems that are making you feel sad, mad, or badHow to identify your “brain type” and what you can do to optimize your particular typeWhere to find the kind of health provider who understands and uses the new paradigm of brain health Cover Title Page Endorsements Copyright Dedication Publisher Note List of Illustrations Before You Begin Introduction: Why I Hate the Term Mental Illness and You Should Too Part 1: Reframing Mental Health as Brain Health Changes Everything Chapter 1: From Demon Possession to the 15-Minute Med Check: A Brief History of Mental Illness Diagnoses and Treatments Chapter 2: Making Invisible Illnesses Visible: How Looking at the Brain Disrupts an Outdated Paradigm and Charts a New Path Forward Chapter 3: 12 Guiding Principles to Change Your Life Chapter 4: Get Your Brain Right and Your Mind Will Follow: It Starts with Four Circles and Preventing or Treating 11 Risk Factors Part 2: How to Create or Eliminate Mental Illness: A BRIGHT MINDS Approach Chapter 5: B Is for Blood Flow: Optimize the Foundation of Life Chapter 6: R Is for Retirement and Aging: When You Stop Learning, Your Brain Starts Dying Chapter 7: I Is for Inflammation: Quenching the Fire Within Chapter 8: G Is for Genetics: Know Your Vulnerabilities, But Your History Is Not Your Destiny Chapter 9: H Is for Head Trauma: The Silent Epidemic That Underlies Many Mental Illnesses Chapter 10: T Is for Toxins: Detox Your Mind and Body Chapter 11: M Is for Mind Storms: Soothing the Abnormal Electrical Activity That Drives Mood Swings, Anxiety, and Aggression Chapter 12: I Is for Immunity and Infections: Attacked from Inside and Out Chapter 13: N Is for Neurohormone Issues: Miracle Grow for Your Mind Chapter 14: D Is for Diabesity: Reverse the Epidemic That’s Destroying Brains, Minds, and Bodies Chapter 15: S Is for Sleep: Wash Your Brain Each Night to Have Brighter Days Part 3: Practical Strategies to End Mental Illness Now Chapter 16: Mind Meds Versus Nutraceuticals: What Does the Science Say? Chapter 17: You Cannot Change What You Do Not Measure: Prevention Starts by Knowing Your Important Health Numbers Chapter 18: Food Made Insanely Simple: The BRIGHT MINDS Diet to End Mental Illness Chapter 19: How to Make a Massive Difference: Brain Health in Families, Schools, Businesses, Churches, and Anywhere People Congregate Appendix A: How to Find a BRIGHT MINDS Brain Health Practitioner Appendix B: 10 Common Genes That May Influence Brain Health/Mental Health Gratitude and Appreciation About Daniel G. Amen, MD Resources Index Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index