Anna Lembke

Three out of four people addicted to heroin probably started on a prescription opioid, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In the United States alone, 16,000 people die each year as a result of prescription opioid overdose. But perhaps the most frightening aspect of the prescription drug epidemic is that it’s built on well-meaning doctors treating patients with real problems. In Drug Dealer, MD, Dr. Anna Lembke uncovers the unseen forces driving opioid addiction nationwide. Combining case studies from her own practice with vital statistics drawn from public policy, cultural anthropology, and neuroscience, she explores the complex relationship between doctors and patients, the science of addiction, and the barriers to successfully addressing drug dependence and addiction. Even when addiction is recognized by doctors and their patients, she argues, many doctors don’t know how to treat it, connections to treatment are lacking, and insurance companies won’t pay for rehab. Full of extensive interviews—with health care providers, pharmacists, social workers, hospital administrators, insurance company executives, journalists, economists, advocates, and patients and their families—Drug Dealer, MD, is for anyone whose life has been touched in some way by addiction to prescription drugs. Dr. Lembke gives voice to the millions of Americans struggling with prescription drugs while singling out the real culprits behind the rise in opioid addiction: cultural narratives that promote pills as quick fixes, pharmaceutical corporations in cahoots with organized medicine, and a new medical bureaucracy focused on the bottom line that favors pills, procedures, and patient satisfaction over wellness. Dr. Lembke concludes that the prescription drug epidemic is a symptom of a faltering health care system, the solution for which lies in rethinking how health care is delivered.

How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop

Drug Dealer, MD

在縱慾年代找到身心平衡

多巴胺國度

L'era della dopamina. Come mantenere l'equilibrio nella società del «tutto e subito»

Un complemento práctico del best seller Generación Dopamina, que te permitirá aplicar hábitos capaces de reconfigurar tus vías de recompensa y transformar tu vida. En Generación Dopamina, la Dra. Anna Lembke dio a conocer su revolucionaria investigación que demuestra cómo la abundancia en sí misma puede ser una fuente de estrés, sino que contribuye al aumento de las tasas de adicción, depresión y ansiedad. Ahora nos presenta el cuaderno que todos hemos estado esperando. Con ejercicios, tablas para completar y ejemplos inspiradores, los lectores podrán identificar con mayor claridad las sustancias y las conductas que les cuesta moderar. Con su voz cálida y cercana que tanto apreciamos, la Dra. Lembke compartirá con nosotros, una vez más, valiosos consejos para realizar un ayuno de dopamina, restablecer las vías de recompensa propias y vivir una vida más feliz y plena.

Una guía práctica para encontrar el equilibrio en la era del goce desenfrenado

El cuaderno de la generación dopamina

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.

Generacion Dopamina

¿Somos esclavos de la dopamina, la hormona de la felicidad? Combinando la neurociencia con impactantes casos reales, la psiquiatra Anna Lembke nos explica el precio personal y social de la búsqueda desenfrenada del placer en un libro que no deja a nadie indiferente. Tenemos un problema: nuestro cerebro ha evolucionado para evitar el dolor pero, a cambio, nos hemos vuelto adictos a los estímulos opuestos: drogas, comida, juego, compras, redes sociales, pornografía La responsable es la dopamina, la sustancia química que gobierna los centros del placer y el dolor en el cerebro. Anna Lembke, psiquiatra y especialista en adicciones de la universidad de Stanford, explica por qué el consumo desenfrenado conduce a la adicción, la depresión y la ansiedad, y cómo conseguir el nivel perfecto de satisfacción manteniendo los niveles de dopamina bajo control. Las cautivadoras historias reales de pacientes que cayeron en las garras de la adicción y encontraron la salida son el persuasivo tejido que unifica esta obra inteligente, amena y radicalmente humana.

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