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Daniel Amen tapped for NIH mental health council
Daniel Amen has been tapped for an NIH mental health council, but his appointment is still pending.
Amen is a celebrity psychiatrist who performs brain scans.
The appointment reflects the growing influence of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
That movement is gaining influence in federally funded psychiatric research.
The council is part of the National Institutes of Health, known as NIH.
Amen’s appointment has not yet been finalized.
Daniel Amen has been tapped for the National Institutes of Health’s mental health council.
Amen is described as a celebrity psychiatrist who performs brain scans.
The appointment is pending.
The article says the appointment reflects the growing influence of the Make America Healthy Again movement on federally funded psychiatric research.
- Who
- Daniel Amen, a psychiatrist who performs brain scans.
- What
- He has been tapped for the NIH’s mental health council; the appointment is pending.
- When
- The article was published on November 12, 2026.
- Where
- The National Institutes of Health.
- Why
- The article says the appointment reflects the growing influence of the Make America Healthy Again movement on federally funded psychiatric research.
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- Appointee
- Daniel Amen
- Council
- NIH mental health council
- Appointment status
- Pending
- Article publication date
- November 12, 2026