Description: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER "Brilliant... riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued."--Beth Macy, author of Dopesick As heard on Fresh Air Book and Mortar Record Store Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence -- Anna Lembke INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES and LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER "Brilliant... riveting, scary, cogent, and cleverly argued."--Beth Macy, author of Dopesick As heard on Fresh Air This book is about pleasure. It's also about pain. Most important, it's about how to find the delicate balance between the two, and why now more than ever finding balance is essential. We're living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting, Facebooking, Instagramming, YouTubing, tweeting... The increased numbers, variety, and potency is staggering. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. As such we've all become vulnerable to compulsive overconsumption. In Dopamine Nation, Dr. Anna Lembke, psychiatrist and author, explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain...and what to do about it. Condensing complex neuroscience into easy-to-understand metaphors, Lembke illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The lived experiences of her patients are the gripping fabric of her narrative. Their riveting stories of suffering and redemption give us all hope for managing our consumption and transforming our lives. In essence, Dopamine Nation shows that the secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery. Author: Anna Lembke Publisher: Dutton Published: 08/24/2021 Pages: 304 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 1.05lbs Size: 9.13h x 5.91w x 1.34d ISBN: 9781524746728 Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 06/28/2021 Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2021 About the Author 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 more than 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.
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Artist: Lembke, Dr. Anna
Release Title: Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Genre: Books, Subjects, Health, Fitness & Dieting, Mental Health, Emotions
Record Label: Dutton
Genre 1: Books,Subjects,Health, Fitness & Dieting,Mental Health,Emotions
Label: Dutton
Album: Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Name: Dopamine Nation : Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Subject: Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior, Pain Medicine, Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Social Aspects / General, Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology / Addiction, Disease & Health Issues, Emotions
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2021
Item Weight: 17 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Computers, Social Science, Science, Psychology, Medical
Author: Anna Lembke
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
