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Dopamine nation : finding balance in the age of indulgence
- Title
- Dopamine nation : finding balance in the age of indulgence / Anna Lembke, M.D.
- Author
- Lembke, Anna, 1967-
- Publication
- [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- 291 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Resettling Your Brain in the Age of Cheap Pleasures"--
- We are living in a time of unprecedented access to high-reward, high-dopamine stimuli: drugs, food, news, gambling, shopping, gaming, texting, sexting. The smartphone is the modern-day hypodermic needle, delivering digital dopamine 24/7 for a wired generation. Lembke explores new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain-- and what to do about it. She illustrates how finding contentment and connectedness means keeping dopamine in check. The secret to finding balance is combining the science of desire with the wisdom of recovery. -- adapted from jacket
- Alternative Title
- Finding balance in the age of indulgence
- Subject
- Pleasure
- Pain
- Compulsive behavior
- Internet > Social aspects
- Substance abuse
- Dopamine
- Pleasure principle (Psychology)
- Dopamine
- Pain
- Pleasure
- Pleasure-Pain Principle
- Receptors, Dopamine
- Substance-Related Disorders
- Plaisir
- Douleur
- Comportement compulsif
- Internet > Aspect social
- Polytoxicomanie
- Principe de plaisir (Psychologie)
- Toxicomanie
- addiction
- substance abuse
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues
- Genre/Form
- Self-help publications.
- Livres de croissance personnelle.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on online resource; title from resource home page (EBSCOhost, viewed November 5, 2021).
- Contents
- Introduction: The problem -- The pursuit of pleasure. Our masturbation machines ; Running from pain ; The pleasure-pain balance -- Self-binding. Dopamine fasting ; Science, time, and meaning ; A broken balance? -- The pursuit of pain. Pressing on the pain side ; Radical honesty ; Prosocial shame -- Conclusion: Lessons of the balance.
- ISBN
- 9781524746728
- 152474672X
- 9781524746735 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2020041077
- 99990230924
- 40030688436
- OCLC
- on1200834183
- 1200834183
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries