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"Celebrity psychiatrist who performs brain scans appointed to NIH mental health council" — Science (AAAS) News · Science & Medicine
Dr. Daniel Amen, a celebrity psychiatrist known for using SPECT brain scans in clinical practice and running a chain of for-profit clinics, has been appointed to the National Institutes of Health's . This council advises the NIH on mental health research priorities, and the appointment has drawn scrutiny because Amen's diagnostic methods are considered controversial and not widely supported by mainstream evidence-based psychiatry.
The claim is solid, directly sourced from a Science (AAAS) News article published on November 11, 2026, which is a primary-source-level report based on the official NIH appointment announcement. The reporting is close to the primary source and accurately reflects the known controversy around Amen's practices.
This is genuinely new, reported on November 11, 2026, and not a resurfacing of older material.
We previously covered a similar controversy in August 2026, when a neurologist with antivaccine views was appointed to lead an NIH child health institute, highlighting a pattern of unconventional appointments to key NIH advisory roles.