Dr. Andrew Doan, MD, PhD (Speaker & Author)

Very Good!

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Eye-opening presentation that I highly recommend to other families.

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You area great speaker. You made presentation interesting as well as education. I learned so much, you are a blessing to have around. God Bless you and the family.

This is life-changing! The most effective, alarming, helpful seminar I have attended in a long-time! We are game-free now and it only reinforce my decision! I praise the Lord and His Spirit in me for making that decision. I was not smart enough to do it on my own.

Very relevant, insightful and engaging. Thank you.

Thank you for your time and dedication in shaving the dangers of gaming. So powerful to hear from both of you and your personal experience. Truly spiritual warfare; quite frightening.

Excellent!

Thanks for this. Very eye opening.

Excellent ministry! The whole world needs this information.

Very informative!

Love what you stressed about the value of being bored and the creativity that stems from that. So true. We've seen this as our 5-year-old daughter is developing a love of art because we don't allow TV and video time. THANK YOU for sharing your expertise on the real dangers of this.

Thank you very much for this wonderful presentation full of needed information.

Thank you! I will be applying all of the information you taught as soon as I get home. What a benefit to my family!

Super good evening.

Speech exceeded my expectations. It was very informative and interesting. He was very funny, engaging, and easy to relate to. I enjoyed it very much!

Thank you so much! Very engaging even for my son.

Very well presented!

I work for a technology company and this will help me consult better. This and related patterns of behavior is important to continue research not on causes but more so on solutions.

I have heard Melanie (Hempe RN) but your lecture even surpassed hers and was very informative, helpful and engaging. Thank you for having your craft, sharing it, and encouraging us!

Very Good Presentation!

This was very well done and helpful in our struggle with knowing how to deal with gaming & the whole world of computers! Thank you!

My son plays a lot, with ADHD at 8 yrs is now 9 like to play, dance, games and Lego games.

Amazing Seminar - I fought with my ex-husband to bring our 13 and 14 year old boys since it was his evening with our boys. He reluctantly came, and I am so grateful that my boys heard your message. Thank you!

Very helpful. Thank you! Can you come to public schools? I would LOVE for our school-aged kids to hear this. I suggest contacting public schools. I work for HSD & I know many families would definitely benefit from this.

Curious to have more data. What happens to the brain when gaming & etc? Are there any CT Scans showing brain activity? It just seems like there's some assumptions being made. I think more data would just further support your cause, which I whole heartedly agree with.

Curious to have more data. What happens to the brain when gaming & etc? Are there any CT Scans showing brain activity? It just seems like there's some assumptions being made. I think more data would just further support your cause, which I whole heartedly agree with.

Reply by Dr. Andrew Doan: Thank you for your comment. Yes, there are brain scans (functional MRI scans) showing brain activity when gamers play video games and are addicted to gaming. Their brains light up like a brain addicted to drugs and alcohol. I discussed this in my talk several times.

Technology, Video Games, Social Media, and Your Children's Brain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFTdPl0xaRk

Brain fMRI study of crave induced by cue pictures in online game addicts (male adolescents).
Sun Y, Ying H, Seetohul RM, Xuemei W, Ya Z, Qian L, Guoqing X, Ye S.
Behav Brain Res. 2012 Aug 1;233(2):563-76. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2012.05.005. Epub 2012 Jun 6.

Altered default network resting-state functional connectivity in adolescents with internet gaming addiction.
Ding WN, Sun JH, Sun YW, Zhou Y, Li L, Xu JR, Du YS.
PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e59902. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059902. Epub 2013 Mar 26.

Excellent talk. Thank you!

I am giving up my first person shooters because I do NOT want to become addicted. Thank you so much. I am sure this will change my life. - Matt, Age 11

Thank you for the breadth of your presentation, especially for including information about tech executives who are not sending their kids to schools that use a lot of technology.

Excellent speaker.

Fabulous! This needs to be told to others in schools, home school groups, and churches, etc...

Dr. Doan was an excellent, informative, and engaging speaker. I found the information presented extremely useful & informative. I would highly recommend him for any motivational meeting.

Wonderful information! I really enjoyed hearing about all of the research Dr. Doan has done to help physicians master their Internet presence and reputation.

Great & relevant information! Can't wait to go back to my office & work on some of the things you have suggested.

Thank you!