HOW MY BRAIN WORKS
A Guide to Understanding It Better and Keeping It Healthy

Awards

How My Brain Works featured in De Mode Global Magazine. Named one of De Mode Magazine's “Unputdownable Books of 2023.”

How My Brain Works has been chosen as a finalist in the 2022 Eric Hoffer Awards in the da Vinci Eye category for its cover design.

Winner in the 2021 IAN Book of the Year Awards in the “Health/Medicine” category

Finalist of the 2021 International Book Awards in the “Health: Psychology and Mental Health” category

Silver Medal Winner of the Readers’ Favorite 2021 International Book Awards in “Health-Medical” category

Finalist at the New Mexico/Arizona Book Awards

Distinguished Favorite Award from New York City Big Book Awards

1st Place Winner at the 2021 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards in the “Health/Diet/Nutrition” category

About the Book

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The wide range of useful information contained in How my Brain Works can help the reader in many ways: basic understanding of this unique organ, advice for anyone concerned about the possibility of a cognitive problem, and the wisdom of the author's experience in helping her many patients and others to keep their brains healthy and working at their highest level.

Students with learning problems, young people considering varied career paths, victims of brain injuries or mental disorders, the middle-aged and elderly at risk of dementia—all gain from the knowledge Dr. Barbara Koltuska-Haskin has gained in her many years as a practicing neuropsychologist. In easy-to-understand language, she explains the countless ways the evaluation process she uses can help people in a wide variety of situations, and how the results can be used for maximum benefits.

Plus, building on this information, Dr. Koltuska-Haskin offers a wealth of advice and tips on how to build and maintain optimum brain health, reaching widely into the physical, psychological, nutritional, and spiritual worlds, she pulls together new research as well as age-old treasured learning to create an everyday guide to harnessing our most powerful mental tools shaping the healthful and successful lives we all seek.

How My Brain Works can be purchased as a paperback, ebook, or audiobook from Amazon or as a paperback from Walmart.

Read a SouthWest Writers interview with author Barbara Koltuska-Haskin.

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Editorial Reviews

Comments on Dr. Barbara Koltuska-Haskin’s Book

“I was exposed to the value of neuropsychological testing early on in my medical career. I have ordered it frequently over the last forty years when I needed more information concerning complex psychological and psychiatric disorders. As Dr. Koltuska-Haskin points out, this type of testing can be extremely helpful when working with complex patients who have a variety of coexisting medical and psychological disorders such as PTSD, chronic pain disorders, depression and anxiety, traumatic brain injuries, and substance use disorders.

“As an addiction specialist, I have found neuropsychological testing to be a critical tool in developing an effective treatment plan, especially for patients with substance use disorders who are not responding well to their therapies.

“Dr. Barbara Koltuska-Haskin’s book is actually two books in one. The first part of the book is an excellent in-depth discussion of what neuropsychology is and what a comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation can accomplish. It’s written primarily for patients and their families. However, I find that it is very practical and lucid, and I plan on using it as a reference source for our medical students and residents so that they, too, will understand the benefit of such testing.

“The second part of the book focuses on brain health and includes practical, personal, and positive advice about how to preserve and enhance brain function. Included are the known benefits of proper sleep, exercise, nutrition, and meditative practices such as yoga. The reference list is quite extensive and will allow others to delve deeper into academic and research topics should they wish.

“All in all, this is an excellent and clearly written book which will be useful for patients, their families, and members of the medical community who treat them.”

J. Mitchell Simson MD, MPH, FASAM
Associate Professor University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine
Fellow of the American Board of Addiction Medicine