- Physiopathology, Addictive Behavior, Substance-Related Disorders, Substance abuse
"...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 Mate is a physician. He widens the lens to address the larger societal problem--speaking also to the risks of 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. A riveting, debate-provoking book about an illness that reaches all levels of society, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts provides a much-needed glimpse of hope from an innovator who is taking on addiction with startling clarity, vision, and wisdom"--Cover, p. 4.
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Contemporary, earnest, grave and classical in form.
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- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Gabor Maté
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 488
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing, Vintage Canada, Knopf Canada
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780676977417
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Gabor Maté is a Canadian physician and author. He has worked in family practices and specialises in childhood development and trauma, including long-term effects on physical and mental health, such as autoimmune diseases, cancer, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and addiction.
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