The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
Indeed that is the prescriptive that Dr. Anna Lembke gives for most all addictions and for people that are suffering from milder even severe depression related to dopamine seeking behaviors, social media, video games, sex, food, et cetera.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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But the 30-day reset of the dopamine system is something that's very real and that pertains to most people. That is it's going to be very effective for most people struggling with either behavioral, or what are sometimes called process addictions, or other types of addictions including substance abuse issues.