What Anna Lembke has said about Social media and adolescent mental health
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 9, 2026
Anna Lembke, Stanford psychiatrist and author of Dopamine Nation, has been quoted on Social media and adolescent mental health 2 times in 1 episode of Huberman Lab, most recently on November 9, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Lembke reports that about half of referrals to her adolescent clinic are now for digital media addiction.
“Our adolescent clinic now about 50% of the referrals are for digital media addiction”
Huberman Lab: Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna Lembke (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 3:49
Lembke argues that digital media addiction should be treated like pollution, requiring governments, schools, and corporations as well as individual agency.
“we also need governments, schools, corporations that make and profit from these digital devices to really come to the table and help us help ourselves”
Huberman Lab: Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna Lembke (Nov 9, 2026) · Listen from 6:01
Episodes
Overcome Addictions & Obsessions of All Kinds | Dr. Anna LembkeHuberman Lab · Nov 9, 2026 · 2 h 17 min
Andrew Huberman and psychiatrist Anna Lembke discuss dopamine, addiction as an addiction to control, spiritual surrender, codependency, and treatments including GLP-1s and ketamine.
Others on Social media and adolescent mental health
- Jonathan Haidt · 5 quotes
- Arthur C. Brooks · 4 quotes
- Joe Rogan · 4 quotes
- Peter Gray · 2 quotes
- Sarah McBride · 2 quotes
- Theo Von · 1 quote
- Shaan Puri · 1 quote
- Matthew Lillard · 1 quote
Anna Lembke on other topics
- Addiction and recovery · 4 quotes
- Codependency and love addiction · 2 quotes
- Spiritual surrender · 2 quotes
- GLP-1 receptor agonists · 1 quote
- Ketamine · 1 quote
- Psychedelic therapy · 1 quote
- Periaqueductal gray · 1 quote
- Psychological trauma · 1 quote