Dr Daniel Amen, Top Brain Doctor: This Parenting Mistake Ruins Your Kids Brain & Alcohol Will Ruin Yours! (Video)

In this 10 February 2025 video, host Steven Bartlett talks with Dr Daniel Amen, a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist, and founder and CEO of the Amen Clinics. He is the bestselling author of books such as, ‘Change Your Brain Every Day’ and ‘Raising Mentally Strong Kids’.

https://youtu.be/bOi_Y4ythYY

00:00 Intro
02:30 Why This Conversation Is Important
04:03 How Many Brains Has Daniel Scanned?
04:50 Brain Rot: Why Are People Caring About Their Brains Now?
05:43 Is There a Link Between Porn Consumption and Brain Health?
08:39 Can I Fix My Brain?
09:57 Why Do People Come to See Daniel?
11:15 Alcohol Is Bad for the Brain
15:16 What Does a Brain Look Like After Heavy Drinking?
16:44 Why Does Brain Size Matter?
20:15 Alcohol Is Aging Your Brain
21:41 How Bad Are Drugs for the Brain?
26:43 What’s Wrong With Magic Mushrooms?
33:06 Are Antidepressants Being Oversubscribed? Proven Alternatives
39:31 Can You See Trauma on the Brain?
43:04 Things You Can Do at Home to Help Trauma
45:32 The Impact of Negative Thinking on the Brain
46:53 Low Anxiety Will Kill You
48:51 How to Become More Disciplined and Motivated
53:26 How to Calm Your Worries
59:55 Can Extremely Negative People Become Positive?
1:00:34 Ads
1:01:33 Who Is Elizabeth Smart?
1:03:40 Horrific Events Don’t Necessarily Define Who You Are
1:05:28 The Impact of Stress During Pregnancy on Your Child
1:09:08 The Cause of Alzheimer’s
1:14:08 The Impact of a Fatty Fish Diet
1:16:17 The Impact of Hope and Grief on the Brain
1:24:00 How Do You Raise the Perfect Brain?
1:30:12 What Are the Non-Obvious Ways to Help Children’s Brains?
1:34:02 Ads
1:35:06 Is ADHD Increasing in Our Population?
1:40:37 Daniel Amen’s Daughter
1:43:16 Different Types of ADHD
1:46:17 Can You See Love on the Brain?
1:47:51 What Change Would Daniel Like to See in the World?
1:53:25 Mindfulness and Meditation
1:54:50 Ice Baths
1:55:15 Loving Your Job
1:56:22 Breath work
1:57:01 Social Media and Its Effects on the Brain
1:57:12 Hustle Culture
1:57:47 Microplastics
1:58:11 Noise Pollution
1:59:36 Is AI Going to Be Good or Bad for Our Brains?
2:01:51 Are Brains Getting Bigger or Smaller?
2:03:21 What’s the Most Important Thing We Didn’t Talk About?
2:05:19 Has Scanning Brains Changed Daniel’s Belief in God?
2:05:37 The Effects of Religion on the Brain
2:09:26 The LA Fires and Their Impact on the Brain
2:13:05 Guest’s Last Question