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Judson Brewer
Psychology & Personal Growth
Judson Brewer is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who studies mindfulness, habit formation, and treatment approaches for anxiety, addiction, and unhealthy behaviors.
Biography
Judson Alyn Brewer is an American psychiatrist, neuroscientist and author born in 1974. He directs research and innovation at Brown University's Mindfulness Center and is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral and social sciences at Brown's schools of medicine and public health. His research examines mindfulness and the ways the brain develops negative patterns of behavior.
Brewer has applied his research to treatment programs addressing anxiety, addictions and unhealthy habits. He founded MindSciences, Inc., now known as DrJud, an app-based therapy program focused on anxiety, overeating and smoking. His book The Craving Mind draws on patient accounts, his experience practicing mindfulness, and research from his laboratory and others to explain habits and addiction.
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Books by Judson Brewer
The craving mind
The Craving Mind examines how habits and addictions form and why cravings can be difficult to overcome. Drawing on patient stories, personal experience and scientific findings, it explains how mindfulness can interrupt these patterns.