EXPLOSIVE PUBLIC PROFILE: Across the country and across the political spectrum, with the hardcover publication everyone wants to intereview Anna Lembke—Terry Gross, NYT, CNN, GQ, Bloomberg News, Rogan, Tucker Carlson…and the hits keep coming.

RENOWNED EXPERT: Dr. Lembke has decades of experience in clinical practice and neuroscientific research. She has served as an expert witness in numerous cases concerning corporate malpractice during the opioid epidemic. Her role in Emmy award winning documentary The Social Contract continues to win praise.

MOVING STORIES ABOUT PATIENTS: Emotionally powerful stories about patients are woven throughout, telling of struggles overcome, challenges met, and liberating enlightenment achieved.

INSIGHT INTO A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM PEAKING RIGHT NOW: Dr. Lembke has seen the dopamine economy up close both as it works in our brains and also out in the US marketplace, where products exploiting it have become more numerous and profitable than ever.

HOW-TO COMPONENT: Dr. Lembke offers actionable advice on how to take a “dopamine fast,” how to “self bind,” why “radical honesty” works, and how understanding the “pleasure/pain balance” will put you in control of your life.

Anna Lembke is the medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine, program director for the Stanford Addiction Medicine Fellowship, and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She is the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding research in mental illness, for excellence in teaching, and for clinical innovation in treatment. A clinician scholar, she has published morethan a hundred peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and commentaries in prestigious outlets such as The New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. 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.

Author Residence: Palo Alto, CA

“Anna Lembke deeply understands an experience I hear about often in the therapy room at the nexus between our modern addictions and our primal brains. Her stories of guiding people to find a healthy balance between pleasure and pain have the power to transform your life.”
—Lori Gottlieb, “Dear Therapist” columnist at The Atlantic, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

“Just when you thought you knew all you needed to know about the addiction crisis, along comes Dr. Anna Lembke with her second brilliant book on the topic—this one not about a drug but about the most powerful chemical of all: the dopamine that rules the pain and pleasure centers of our minds. In an era of overconsumption and instant gratification, Dopamine Nation explains the personal and societal price of being ruled by the next fix—and how to manage it. No matter what you might find yourself over-indulging in—from the internet to food to work to sex—you’ll find this book riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued. Lembke weaves patient stories with research, in a voice that’s as empathetic as it is clear-eyed.”
—Beth Macy, author of Washington Post Best Book of the Year, New York Times Notable Book of 2018 and bestseller Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company That Addicted America

“We all desire a break from our routines and those parts of life that upset us. What if, instead of trying to escape these things, we learn to turn toward them, to reach a peaceful harmony with our selves and the people we share our lives with? Lembke has written a book that radically changes the way we think about mental illness, pleasure, pain, reward, and stress. Turn toward it. You’ll be happy you did.”
—Daniel Levitin, New York Times bestselling author of The Organized Mind and Successful Aging

“Explore[s] the dichotomy between seeking a readily accessible hit of dopamine—from our phones, gambling, or a bag of Fritos—and maintaining healthy, productive, stable lives.”
—The New York Times, Inside the Bestseller List

“[An] eye-opening survey on pleasure-seeking and addiction…Readers looking for balance will return to Lembke’s informative and fascinating guidance.” 
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Fascinating case histories, and a sensible formula for treatment.”
—Kirkus Reviews