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 complicated 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 brain
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 do it
Fifteen days to a better brain
Appendix: why SPECT: what brain SPECT imaging can tell clinicians and patients that they cannot obtain elsewhere
References and further reading
