title: Reclaim Your Brain: How to Calm Your Thoughts, Heal Your Mind, and Bring Your Life Back Under Control
author:  Joseph A. Annibali MD 
description: "A well-rounded discussion of common mental problems and strategies for dealing with them."<br /><i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />Readers of this book will be surprised to learn how much they can really do for themselves to calm their busy brains once they know how their brains work.<br />Daniel G. Amen, M.D.,<i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Change Your Brain, Change Your Life</i><br /><br /><i>Reclaim Your Brain</i> presents a practical and accessible guide to integrating current perspectives on mind and brain by melding well-constructed case examples into a user-friendly path toward self-help. Dr Annibali has a clear perspective on how to find your own identity apart from your deceptive brain messages.<br /><i></i>Jeffrey Schwartz M.D., Author of<i>You Are Not Your BrainandBrain Lock<br /><br /></i>"Comprehensive in what he treats and how he treats it, Dr. Annibali doesnt just stop at the diagnosis but looks for the underlying cause, whether psychological, nutritional or simply miswiring and misfiring of brain circuits. In a warm and unceasingly expert manner, Dr. Annibali then finds the solution in our new model of psychiatry that helps individuals truly reclaim their brain."<br />Hyla Cass MD, psychiatrist, author, <i>8 Weeks to Vibrant Health</i><br /><br />This is a book that you will want to read over and over again, whether you are a layperson or a therapistwhether you, yourself, will be using the valuable and practical information it contains or teaching it to others.This revolutionary book provides a new understanding of how brain function affects mental health translated into an easy, yet profoundly relevant, approach that anyone can understand and implement. You will learn how an overactive brain interferes with attention, concentration, focus, and more - and understand how your brain controls your behavior. <i>Reclaim Your Brain</i> isfilled with easy-to-implement recommendations and action plans to improve your brains ability to function and allow you to lead a happier, healthier, more productive life.<br />Helen L. Irlen, MA, BCPC, LMFT,Executive Director, Irlen Institute International HQ
zlib_text: The world needs this book—today more than ever. By reframing the
  discussion of mental health to brain health, Dr. Daniel Amen obliterates
  the concept that mental health issues are someone’s fault, or that people
  should just deal with them any differently than they would the flu or a
  broken arm. Most important, Dr. Amen gives everyone not just the
  permission but the validation and hope to seek help for a better tomorrow.
  DARRIA LONG GILLESPIE, MD, emergency physician; national TV expert and host;
  author of bestselling book Mom Hacks
  The End of Mental Illness is a radical new way to overhaul psychiatry,
  using the lessons from neuroimaging in the context of a whole-person
  functional medicine approach. My family has benefited from Dr. Amen’s
  work, and I hope you will too.
  MARK HYMAN, MD, Pritzker Foundation Chair in Functional Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
  Lerner College of Medicine; director of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional
  Medicine
  Dr. Amen’s approach has revolutionized our und