The Resilient Surgeon S3: Dopamine Addiction and the Interconnection of Pleasure and Pain

In this episode of “The Resilient Surgeon” podcast, host Dr. Michael Maddaus talks Dr. Anna Lembke, chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine and author of Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence, about the neuroscience of addiction.  It’s a fascinating discussion on the biology and psychology of why people become addicted to certain substances and behaviors and the key role that "dopamine balance" plays in creating addiction. Dr. Lembke explains why people do what they do and how we all can maintain a healthy sense of pleasure.