Anna Lembke | |
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 Lembke speaks at Stanford University in 2019 | |
| Born | November 27, 1967 |
| Education | Yale University (BA) Stanford University (MD) |
| Known for | Addiction medicine |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
| Website | https://www.annalembke.com |
Anna Lembke (born November 27, 1967) 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.[1] Her latest book, a New York Times bestseller, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, was released in August 2021.[2]
Lembke appeared in the 2020 Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma.[3]
- ^ "'Drug Dealer, M.D.': Misunderstandings And Good Intentions Fueled Opioid Epidemic". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ "Dopamine Nation". Anna Lembke, MD. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ^ "Anna Lembke". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-08-15.