Dr. Amen: Marijuana Alters Our Brain Negatively and SPECT Scan Redefines Mental Illness

In this week’s video, Dr. Yang sits down with Dr. Amen, clinical neuroscientist, child, and adult psychiatrist, and founder of Amen Clinic, BrainMD, and Amen University. Dr. Amen has over 40 years of experience studying mental health from a neurological perspective, specifically addressing mental disorders through brain scans. Dr. Amen explains why studying the brain is so crucial to understanding our mental function, and which types of brain scans he prefers to use. He then discusses how different substances, such as marijuana, can affect brain functioning, and what we can do to reverse these damages.
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Dr. Amen: Marijuana Alters Our Brain Negatively and SPECT Scan Redefines Mental Illness
0:00 About Dr. Amen
3:25 Dr. Amen’s take on Mental Health
5:34 How does marijuana affect the brain?
7:29 What is SPECT Scan?
10:56 How does SPECT Scan help doctors choose medications?
14:10 What are the differences among brain imaging technology?
16:27 Does insurance cover the SPECT Scan?
17:49 How does Marijuana injure the brain?
23:25 Risks of legalizing Marijuana and Medical Marijuana
25:14 The mental health challenges for doctors, patients, and society
29:35 Marijuana impacts people’s health and society
33:07 help people quit Marijuana
34:13 help people‘s mental health after quitting Marijuana.
35:50 the Pandemic Impact on brain function
38:08 long-covid impact on people’s mental health
40:23 Dr. Amen’s new book - You, Happier (His point of view on being happy from biological, psychological, social, and spiritual contexts)

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[cherellerubins]

Thank you for this interview. I feel like it has been so difficult finding real information on this topic from credible sources that are not spun with propaganda. As a daily cannabis user of 4 years, you have helped me make the decision to stop. Thank you so much.

[sondragonzalez]

Thank you so much for this. People tell people there is nothing wrong with smoking or using it. What I have been seeing with my children who use it, I’ve noticed a character change. They say it’s not addictive. I’ve seen different. Thank you again.

[SubwaySounds]

How about the brain scans for the pills you prescribe to your patients? What do you think we'd find in those scans? How about liver scans?

[cherylyoke]

Dr Yang is asking many questions that I would if I were there.

[allthatjazz]

Locking people up for using marijuana is insane. We should take a preventative approach and not just lock people up when there's a problem!

[rnancyp]

Doctors Yang and Amen, thank you so much for your approach and statements about mental illness. My mother was disempowered and virtually cursed by stigma of her so-called mental illness, then so was MY life. Thankfully I've overcome the entire stigma. It took me a lifetime to do this, and i'm not a spring chicken. But now I am finally living. Thanks again, may God Bless you.

[angelsteinfeld]

And see I am at a constant high speed, even smoking, The oils which is higher concentrate. Just brings me back to a regular level that everyone else seems to be at and I’m still not there. My mind is constantly running. I am constantly busy, but I am an advocate, because, I used to take opiate pain medication.. which I will never do again

[cathyjennings]

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[kg]

It's hard to hear that Marijuana could be so damaging to the brain (when used to excess). It shouldn't be surprising, anything can be detrimental when used more than is beneficial to the body. I wonder if he might conduct a study on the effects of the use of higher CBD to THC ratios to it's inverse. Given that CBD has been shown to be beneficial, I'm curious about what a SPECT scan might show for those who only use CBD, or a significantly higher ratio of CBD to THC. Most people who use Marijuana are the type to gravitate towards a higher THC concentration, specifically for the high. I'd have to look this up again, but I believe I remember hearing that CBD is an inflamation modulator, and if that's accurate, then it might be used to help heal the brain.

[slapshotx]

To make marijuana criminal is far greater of a crime than someone self medicating with a relatively benign substance when compared to all the pharmaceuticals pushed by your industry

[targoltran]

I do agree with Dr. Yang in regards to responses that are maladaptive coming from an unhealthy-minded person would be. Some of them, just do not have enough interactions with other humans. As a result, they often give wrong responses and/or have a wrong coping method.

[JackieHale]

My question concern MJ use is: would it make a difference in blood flow issue if THC is obtained via eatables rather than smoking ?

[brendansmyth]

Do doctors think their meds are safer than Cannabis? Can we do a study on young brains using ssris and adhd meds over 10 years? Plenty of doctors overlook the damage these drugs do to the brain long term? Why is ok for Doctors to over prescribe these dangerous drugs to 14 year olds? Here in Australia our GP’s over prescribe meds that have never been approved for young people by the TGA. So what are we a actually doing to stop this happening? Suicide is on the increase because doctors overprescribe antipsychotics and dangerous ssris and snris . Doctors aren’t even formally trained in slow, safe tapering methods so this is causing major withdrawals and suicide. Pregnant mums are taking a bunch of meds while pregnant! How does this affect the unborn baby??

[bruce]

Problem with THC, we don’t now the levels when taking it! We should know the levels before taking g it!

[jeromed]

I'm actually pretty amazed that I'm not seeing comments saying stupidities like: ''who is smoking a blunt while watching this??'' Chronic THC cannabis use IS bad. Bottom line.

[dspdesign]

very interesting interview overall. its only logical that a baseline scan could assist in diagnosing. but to demonize medical cannabis worse than other pharmaceutical treatment alternatives just isnt fair without weighting other factors. neurologist Andrew Hubermans channel has some great podcasts pertaining to this.

[jharvey]

So is it just smoking in general that affects the brain or consumption of thc in general no matter the method of said consumption? 🤨

[SeedSupreme]

Yeah..and we are doing our best to make available the best of every species that we have in our farm, and satisfy all levels of consumption. For one-on-one discussion? It's on the channel description.

[allthatjazz]

I love this video but calling 4000 dollars for an assessment of the brain affordable is so out of touch from reality but i love that Dr. Amen points out the profit incentive of the insurance companies being the root issue