Dr Anna Lembke

Anna Lembke, M.D. is a bestselling author and world-renowned psychiatrist who specialises in addiction medicine. She is a Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and serves as the Medical Director of Stanford’s Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, where she also directs the Stanford Addiction Medicine Fellowship. Dr Lembke has published more than a hundred peer-reviewed papers and is widely recognised for her research into compulsive behaviours and substance use. She is the author of Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, an instant New York Times bestseller that explores the neuroscience of pleasure and overconsumption, and Drug Dealer, MD: How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop, acclaimed for its insights into the opioid crisis. Dr Lembke has appeared in major media, including the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, and speaks widely on addiction, technology, and the pursuit of balance in a dopamine-rich world.