--- title: Dr. Daniel Amen | TIME description: Dr. Daniel Amen, MD, is a double board-certified psychiatrist and founder of Amen Clinics, a mental health practice specializing in brain-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment, and author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain. canonical: https://time.com/author/dr-daniel-amen/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/dr-daniel-amen/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dr. Daniel Amen ## Dr. Daniel Amen Dr. Daniel Amen, MD, is a double board-certified psychiatrist and founder of Amen Clinics, a mental health practice specializing in brain-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment, and author of [_Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain_](https://www.changeyourbrainchangeyourpainbook.com/). ## Dr. Daniel Amen *  Nov 26, 2025 ### [How Gratitude Transforms Our Health](https://time.com/7334526/thanksgiving-gratitude-mental-health/) Gratitude isn’t just good manners; it’s good neuroscience. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-daniel-amen/","name":"Dr. Daniel Amen"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-daniel-amen/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/dr-daniel-amen/"},"name":"Dr. Daniel Amen","jobTitle":null,"description":"Dr. Daniel Amen, MD, is a double board-certified psychiatrist and founder of Amen Clinics, a mental health practice specializing in brain-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment, and author of Change Your Brain, Change Your Pain.","url":"https://time.com/author/dr-daniel-amen/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```