Dr. Anna Lembke discusses the impact of alcohol consumption, including potential damage to our physical and cognitive health, as well as signs and symptoms of alcohol dementia: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, in both its acute stage encephalopathy and late stage chronic confusion and possibly psychosis. A Q&A will follow the presentation.
Dr. Anna Lembke is the Medical Director of Stanford Addiction Medicine and Chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic. She is nationally recognized as sounding the alarm on the opioid epidemic. Dr. Lembke educates policymakers and the public on addiction and what to do about it.
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