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Daniel Amen: “Consistently, [ADHD patients] have lower prefrontal cortex…”

Featuring: Daniel Amen, Founder and CEO of Amen Clinics | National

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The 11 Risk Factors That Are Destroying Your Brain - Dr Daniel Amen

Published | Video Starts at 18:38

So one of the big lessons early on is I learned that all psychiatric illnesses are not single or simple disorders. They all have multiple types. Now I've published a number of studies on adhd. Consistently, [ADHD patients] have lower prefrontal cortex function. Front third of their brain is lower in activity, especially when they try to concentrate. So it's low at rest, drops further when they try to concentrate. (18:38–18:43)

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