WellnessCast™ Conversation with Dr. Anna Lembke, Chief of Addiction Medicine at Stanford

Did you know that some pain medications are the molecular equivalent of heroin? That denial is a myth about addiction? Join Stanford Law Professor Joe Bankman and Sarah Weinstein, a lawyer and psychotherapist, for an illuminating conversation about substance misuse with Dr. Anna Lembke, Chief of Addiction Medicine at Stanford, and author of Drug Dealer, MD, a courageous and compelling book about the opioid epidemic. In addition to providing critically important information, Dr. Lembke’s interview happens also to be book-ended by an unusually candid “hard moment” from her own professional life and, as she describes it, a “radical” wellness technique she uses to thrive in her career.

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Dr. Anna Lembke, MD., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (General Psychiatry and Psychology-Adult ) at Stanford University Medical Center . Photo taken on Wednesday, April 27, 2016. ( Norbert von der Groeben )

PODCAST RESOURCES

• Dr. Anna Lembke, MD, Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94304, Phone:  650-498-9111
• Drug Dealer, MD:  How Doctors Were Duped, Patients Got Hooked, and Why It’s So Hard to Stop   https://www.amazon.com/Drug-Dealer-MD-Doctors-Patients/dp/1421421402
• Moderation Management:  http://www.moderation.org
• Sarah Weinstein, JD, MA, Executive Consultant & Psychotherapist:  http://www.sarahweinsteintherapy.com
• The Other Bar –  Recovery for Lawyers:  http://www.otherbar.org
• Fit in Recovery with David Hobler, JD  –  Attorney Advocate, Recovery Consultant & Addiction Counselor:  http://www.fitinrecovery.org