Book Chapters

• Functional neuroimaging in clinical practice (co-author with Joseph C. Wu and H. Stefan Bracha) in The Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry Edited by Kaplan and Sadock 2000
• Brain SPECT Imaging and ADD in Understanding, Diagnosing, and Treating AD/HD in Children and Adolescents: An Integrative Approach. Eds Incorvaia, JA, Mark-Goldstein BS, and Tessmer D. Jason Aronson, Inc, Northvale, New Jersey, 1999, 183-196.
• New Directions in the Theory, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Mental Disorders: The Use of SPECT Imaging in Everyday Clinical Practice. In The Neuropsychology of Mental Disorders. Ed Koziol, LF and Stout, CE. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL 1994, 286-311.
• Brain SPECT Imaging: Encyclopedia entry. Encyclopedia of Special Education edited by Cecil Reynolds and Elaine Fletcher-Janzen to be published by Wiley in the winter of 2006.

Papers

1. An Analysis of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Impulsive Murderers Using Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, accepted for publication by J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2006
2. Brain Imaging In Clinical Practice: Pro/Con: Pro written by Daniel Amen, Clinical Psychiatry News September 2006
3. High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging and EMDR in Police Officers with PTSD, written with Lansing, K, Hanks, C and Rudy, L, J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Fall;17(4):526-32.
4. The Clinical Use of Brain SPECT Imaging in Neuropsychiatry. With Joseph C. WU, MD. and Blake, Carmichael, PhD. Alasbimn Journal 5(19): January 2003. Link
5. Why Don’t Psychiatrists Look At The Brain: The Case for the Greater Use of SPECT Imaging in Neuropsychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Reviews. February 2001, Vol. 2, No. 1. Pages 1, 19-21.
6. Attention Doctors: Newsweek. 2001 Feb 26;137(9):72-3 on Subtyping ADD.
7. Brain SPECT imaging in the assessment and treatment of aggressive behavior: A putative “Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS)” behavioral subtype. Abstract of presentation at the First Conference on “Reward Deficiency Syndrome:” Genetic Antecedents and Clinical Pathways, San Francisco, November 12-13, 2000, in Molecular Psychiatry, Volume 6 Supplement 1, February 2001, page S7
8. Criminal recidivism as a neurobehavioral syndrome. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1999 Sep;38(9):1070-1. With Al French.
9. Regional Cerebral Blood Flow In Alcohol Induced Violence: A Case Study: Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Volume 31:4, October-December 1999.
10. Brain SPECT Imaging in Psychiatry. Primary Psychiatry, Vol. 5, No. 8, pgs 83-90, August 1998.
11. Attention Deficit Disorder: A Guide for Primary Care Physicians. Primary Psychiatry, Vol 5, No. 7, pgs 76-85, July 1998.
12. High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging in Marijuana Smokers with AD/HD, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Volume 30, No. 2 April-June 1998. Pgs 1-13.
13. Visualizing the Firestorms in the Brain: An Inside Look at the Clinical and Physiological Connections between Drugs and Violence Using Brain SPECT Imaging, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Vol. 29 (4), 1997, 307-319
14. Oppositional Children Similar To OCD on SPECT: Implications for Treatment, Journal of Neurotherapy, August 1997, pgs 1-8
15. Three Years On Clomipramine: Before and After Brain SPECT Study, Ann Clin Psychiatry, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1997, pgs 113-116.
16. High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Ann Clin Psychiatry, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1997, pgs 81-86.
17. Windows into the A.D.D. Mind: Essential Knowledge Base for Educators, School of Education Journal, California State University Stanislaus, December 1997, pages 23-29.
18. High Resolution Brain SPECT Imaging in Psychiatry Provides Real Help For Patients: Diagnostic Imaging, November 1996, pages 85-88.
19. Brain SPECT Imaging In Psychiatric Practice: Advance for Radiological Professionals, Vol. 9 No. 16, August 5, 1996, pgs. 12-13
20. Amen, DG, Stubblefield, M, Carmichael B: Brain SPECT Findings and Aggressiveness: Ann Clin Psychiatry, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1996, 129-137.
21. Brain SPECT Imaging and ADHD. J. Am. Acad. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry, 32:5, 1079-1080 (Letter), September 1993
22. Minimizing the Impact of Deployment Separation on Military Children: Stages, Current Preventive Efforts, and System Recommendations. Military Medicine. 153(9):441-6, 1988 Sep.
23. The Target Theory of Suicide: Ideas on Evaluating the Need for Hospitalization, Resident and Staff Physician Oct. 1987. This paper was awarded the General William C. Menninger Memorial Award for the best paper presented by a psychiatric resident at the annual General William C. Menninger Military Psychiatry Course 1985. The award was presented by Karl Menninger, M.D.
24. The Psychiatrist At Work, published by Psychiatry in Industry committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. I served on this committee and contributed to the writing of this monograph. Criminal recidivism as a neurobehavioral syndrome. Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1999 Sep;38(9):1070-1. Written with Al French, M.D.
25. The effects of hypnosis on a parkinsonian tremor: a case report with polygraph/EEG recordings. Am J Clin Hypn 1990 Oct;33(2):94-8 with Harold Wain and B. Jabbari.
26. Emotional Aspects of Surgery. Resident & Staff Physician, Jan 1986, Vol. 32, No. 1, pgs 76-87.
27. Inpatient participation in treatment planning: a preliminary report. Gen Hosp Psychiatry 1986 Jul;8(4):287-90 with Harden J, Hales RE, Lewis G.
28. Emergency Room Use of Hypnosis, written with Harold Wain, General Hospital Psychiatry 8(1):19-22, 1986 Jan.
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29. The Use of Hypnosis in EPS-Associated Anxiety. Letter to the Editor in The Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry, Feb 1986, Vol. 47, No. 2, pg 98.
30. Post Vietnam Stress Disorder: A Metaphor for Current and Past Life Events. First Prize winner of the Baltimore-D.C. Institute for Psychoanalysis essay contest Nov 1984. Published in the American Journal of Psychotherapy, Oct 1985, Vol. 43, No. 4, pgs 580-586
31. Cardiac Arrhythmias and Hypnotic Intervention: Advantages, Disadvantages, Precautions, and Theoretical Considerations, American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, Vol. 27, No. 1, July 1984, pgs 70-75. Written with Dr. Harold Wain.