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Gabor Maté

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1) Scattered: how attention deficit disorder originates and what you can do about it

Author

Maté, Gabor

Pub. Date

1999

Edition

1st American ed.

Physical Desc

xix, 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

2) The myth of normal: trauma, illness, & healing in a toxic culture

Author

Maté, Gabor

Publisher

Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Pub. Date

[2022]

Physical Desc

562 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Language

English

Description

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"In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Mať eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere,...

3) In the realm of hungry ghosts: close encounters with addiction

Author

Maté, Gabor

Publisher

North Atlantic Books

Pub. Date

[2020]

Physical Desc

xxxv, 495 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Language

English

Description

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This insightful book explores the scientific and psychological causes of addiction, as well as the impact on the addicts treated at the Downtown Eastside Vancouver clinic where Maté is a physician. He widens the lens to address the larger societal problem - speaking also to the risks of the more "high-status" addictions, such as wealth, power, and sex. He boldly challenges the War on Drugs, proposing a more holistic, constructive set of alternatives.--Back...