Dopamine and addiction: navigating pleasure, pain, and the path to recovery

eter Attia interviews Anna Lembke who is the Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic and author of Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence. In this episode, Anna dives deep into the biochemistry and neurobiology of addiction, exploring the critical role of dopamine and the prefrontal cortex. She shares her framework for diagnosing and treating addiction, providing real-world examples involving alcohol, gambling, cannabis, social media, and more.

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Australian clinic tackles screen addiction as social media ban looms

The suffering of people who are addicted to gaming and social media, the struggle of their families, and the need for screening, prevention, early intervention, and treatment are highlighted in this interview with Dr Daniela Vecchio on Reuters.

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Calls for government to lift social media age limit to 16

A group of online safety advocates have banded together to call on the government to lift the social media age limit to 16 years old in New Zealand.

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Australia passes landmark social media ban for under-16s

Australia has passed landmark rules to ban under-16s from social media, approving one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X.

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