Dr. Anna Lembke is a psychiatrist and the chief of the Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine, treating patients with various types of addiction.
She has successfully treated patients dealing with drug addiction, alcohol addiction, and behavioral addictions such as gambling and sex addiction.
Dr. Lembke has a new book coming out called “Dopamine Nation, Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence”, which explores addiction and ways to treat various types of addiction
In this webinar you will learn (Learning Objectives):
- Impulsivity and Addiction
- Addiction, Boredom & Passion for Life
- Proposed Solutions and Addressing the Harms
- Pain-Pleasure Balance Controls Addiction
- Boredom & Anxiety Lead to Creativity, and many more!
About the Speaker: Dr. Anna Lembke, MD
Anna Lembke is an American psychiatrist who is Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University. She is a specialist in the opioid epidemic in the United States, and the author of Drug Dealer, MD, How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop
Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain. Most important, she tells readers how to find the delicate balance between the two. Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. Their riveting stories of suffering and redemption give us all hope for managing our consumption and transforming our lives.
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