While our children are digital natives, we are all vulnerable to compulsive overconsumption with access to high-dopamine stimuli. The Marin County Office of Education welcomes you to join us for an evening with Dr. Anna Lembke, world renowned psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist.

Dr. Lembke’s presentation will educate parents, educators, and community members on the complexities of addiction, raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of addiction in adolescents and young adults, and to empower the community with practical tools and resources to support individuals struggling with addiction.

Register here.

Speaker Bio: Anna Lembke, MD is professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. A clinician scholar, she is the author of more than a hundred peer-reviewed publications, has testified before the United States House of Representatives and Senate, has served as an expert witness in federal and state opioid litigation, and is an internationally recognized leader in addiction medicine treatment and education.

Her New York Times bestseller - “Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence” (Dutton/Penguin Random House, August 2021) combines the neuroscience of addiction with the wisdom of recovery to explore the problem of compulsive overconsumption in a dopamine-overloaded world.