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Anna Lembke

Groundbreaking psychiatrist

Anna Lembke is a groundbreaking psychiatrist and addiction medicine expert. Alongside shaping individual lives in her clinical practice, Lembke has featured on the hit Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, and has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate.

Her most recent book, Dopamine Nation, argues that too much pleasure in the short term causes pain in the long term.

Anna Lembke is a groundbreaking psychiatrist and addiction medicine expert. Alongside shaping individual lives in her clinical practice, Lembke has featured on the hit Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, and has testified before various committees in the United States House of Representatives and Senate.

Her most recent book, Dopamine Nation, argues that too much pleasure in the short term causes pain in the long term.

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