The Brain Surgeon's Take

Dr. Anna Lembke - DOPAMINE NATION: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence

April 13, 2022 Episode 79
The Brain Surgeon's Take
Dr. Anna Lembke - DOPAMINE NATION: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Show Notes

Anna Lembke is a clinician scholar, having published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries. She sits on the board of several state and national addiction-focused organizations, has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, keeps an active speaking calendar, and maintains a thriving clinical practice.

In 2016, she published Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop, which was highlighted in the New York Times as one of the top five books to read to understand the opioid epidemic. Dr. Lembke recently appeared on the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, an instant New York Times Bestseller, explores how to moderate compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world.