227: Dr. Anna Lembke | Addicted to Pleasure and Pain

Dr. Anna Lembke, professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, and New York Times bestselling author of the books, Drug Dealer, MD and Dopamine Nation joins me on this episode.

Dr. Lembke, a clinician scholar, has published over a hundred 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. She appeared in the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives.

Topics we cover include exploring dark places, hormesis, resetting our reward pathways, self-binding strategies, the social dilemma, the four properties of addictive substances, the three C’s of addiction, a discussion of Dopamine Nation, and more.

Get connected with Dr. Lembke:

Website: https://www.annalembke.com/

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