Anna Lembke | Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence | Talks at Google

Professor and author Anna Lembke discusses her book “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence”, a deep-dive into the exciting new scientific discoveries about the relentless pursuit of pleasure. Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check, combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery.

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For more information on Dr. Lembke, please visit https://www.annalembke.com/.

Anna Lembke, MD is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she is the author of more than a hundred peer-reviewed publications, has testified before the United States House of Representatives and Senate, has served as an expert witness in federal and state opioid litigation, and is an internationally recognized leader in addiction medicine treatment and education. In 2016, she published “Drug Dealer, MD – How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop”, named in the New York Times as one of the top five books to read to understand the opioid epidemic. Dr. Lembke appeared in the Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma”, an unvarnished look at the impact of social media on our lives.

Moderated by Camila Williams.