Here’s part 4 of my interview with Dr. Anna Lembke where we discuss the consequences of staying on Benzodiazepines for too long.Video transcript:Dr. Patricia Halligan:Let me ask you, benzodiazepines and Z drugs … and that was a great explanation of what they are and what they do … what are the consequences of staying on […]

Here’s part 3 of my interview with Dr. Anna Lembke where we discuss the fundamental problem with our current medical infrastructure and why things are the way they (currently) are.Video transcript:Dr. Anna Lembke:The reason for that is that our medical infrastructure incentivizes prescribing pills, it’s entirely designed for prescribing pills and doing procedures. And that […]

Here’s part 2 of my interview with Dr. Anna Lembke where we discuss, “Is our work depressing?”, and what we really think about the people we work with.Video transcript:Dr. Lembke:Sometimes people ask me is my work depressing and it’s really not depressing at all. It’s really inspiring because I see people who I consider to […]

Here’s part 1 of my interview with Dr. Anna Lembke where we discuss the shift we’re seeing (in a good way) in residential treatment centers for addiction and substance abuse.Video transcript:Dr. Halligan:If we could just broaden the available options at the substance abuse chemical dependency treatment centers, that would be magnificent.Dr. Lembke:There is good news […]