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Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there a connection between the ability to express emotions and Alzheimer's disease? Is there such a thing as a 'cancer personality'?
Drawing on deep scientific research and Dr Gabor Mate's acclaimed clinical work, When the Body Says No provides the answers to critical questions about the mind-body link - and the role that stress and our emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.
When the Body Says No:
- Explores the role of the mind-body link in conditions and diseases such as arthritis, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome and multiple sclerosis.
- Shares dozens of enlightening case studies and stories, including those of people such as Lou Gehrig (ALS), Betty Ford (breast cancer), Ronald Reagan (Alzheimer's), Gilda Radner (ovarian cancer) and Lance Armstrong (testicular cancer) - Reveals 'The Seven A's of Healing': principles in healing and the prevention of illness from hidden stress
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SCATTERED MINDS - THE ORIGINS AND HEALING OF ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
Gabor Maté
- Vermilion
- 3 January 2019
- 9781785042218
Scattered Minds explodes the myth of attention deficit disorder as genetically based - and offers real hope and advice for children and adults who live with the condition.
Gabor Mate is a revered physician who specializes in neurology, psychiatry and psychology - and himself has ADD. With wisdom gained through years of medical practice and research, Scattered Minds is a must-read for parents - and for anyone interested how experiences in infancy shape the biology and psychology of the human brain.
Scattered Minds:
- Demonstrates that ADD is not an inherited illness, but a reversible impairment and developmental delay - Explains that in ADD, circuits in the brain whose job is emotional self-regulation and attention control fail to develop in infancy - and why - Shows how 'distractibility' is the psychological product of life experience - Allows parents to understand what makes their ADD children tick, and adults with ADD to gain insights into their emotions and behaviours - Expresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthood - Presents a programme of how to promote this development in both children and adults
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To heal addiction, you have to go back to the start...
Featured on Russell Brand's podcast Under the Skin Dr Gabor Mate is one of the world's most revered thinkers on the psychology of addiction. His radical findings - based on decades of work with patients challenged by catastrophic drug addiction and mental illness - are reframing how we view all human development.
In this award-winning modern classic, Gabor Mate takes a holistic and compassionate approach to addiction, whether to alcohol, drugs, sex, money or anything self-destructive. He presents it not as a discrete phenomenon confined to a weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs through (and even underpins) our society; not as a medical 'condition', but rather the result of a complex interplay of personal history, emotional development and brain chemistry.
Distilling cutting-edge research from around the world, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness. Blending personal stories and science with positive solutions, and written in spellbinding prose, it is a must-read that will change how you see yourself, others and the world.
10th anniversary edition, updated with new chapter on the Opiod crisis
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HOLD ON TO YOUR KIDS - WHY PARENTS NEED TO MATTER MORE THAN PEERS
Gabor Maté
- Vermilion
- 3 January 2019
- 9781785042195
Mate's book will make you examine your behaviour in a new light' Guardian 'bold, wise and deeply moral. [Mate] is a healer to be cherished' Naomi Klein, author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine Children take their lead from their friends: being 'cool' matters more than anything else. Shaping values, identity and codes of behaviour, peer groups are often far more influential than parents.
But this situation is far from natural, and it can be dangerous - it undermines family cohesion, interferes with healthy development, and fosters a hostile and sexualized youth culture. Children end up becoming conformist, anxious and alienated.
In Hold on to Your Kids, acclaimed physician and bestselling author Gabor Mate joins forces with Gordon Neufeld, a psychologist with a reputation for penetrating to the heart of complex parenting. Together they pinpoint the causes of this breakdown and offer practical advice on how to 'reattach' to sons and daughters, establish the hierarchy at home, make children feel safe and understood, and earn back your children's loyalty and love. This updated edition also addresses the unprecedented parenting challenges posed by the rise of digital devices and social media.
By helping to reawaken our instincts, Mate and Neufeld empower parents to be what nature intended: a true source of contact, security and warmth for their children.
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Le stress et les émotions peuvent-ils contribuer à l'apparition de diverses maladies ? La médecine occidentale obtient des résultats spectaculaires lorsqu'elle traite des problèmes comme des fractures ou des infections. Elle est cependant moins efficace lorsqu'il s'agit de troubles qui ne répondent pas à des interventions rapides comme la chirurgie ou l'administration d'un médicament.
Gabor Maté soutient une thèse voulant que la maladie est souvent le moyen dont l'organisme dispose pour se rebeller contre ce que l'esprit ne reconnaît pas. Il résume donc ici les dernières découvertes scientifiques sur les rôles que jouent le stress et l'état émotionnel d'un individu dans l'apparition du cancer ou de maladies chroniques. Selon lui, la connaissance du mécanisme de cette relation causale est essentielle à la guérison.
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B>b>By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a;groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing;critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health;and healing./b>/b>br>br>In this revolutionary book,;renowned physician Gabor Maté 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, adolescent mental illness is;on the rise. So what is really normal when it comes to health?br/> br/> Over four decades of clinical experience,;Maté has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of normal as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of;good health. For all our expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how todays culture stresses the body, burdens the;immune system, and undermines emotional balance. Now Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of common myths about what makes us sick, connects the;dots between the maladies of individuals and the declining soundness of;society--and offers a compassionate guide for health and healing. Cowritten with his son Daniel, The Myth Of Normal is Matés most ambitious and urgent book yet.
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L'esprit dispersé ; comprendre et traiter les troubles de la concentration
Gabor Maté
- Editions de l'homme
- 1 March 2002
- 9782761916028
Cet ouvrage apporte un nouvel espoir aux enfants et aux adultes aux prises avec des troubles déficitaires de l'attention, leur prodiguant des conseils utiles.
Les TDA ne sont pas héréditaires, mais les personnes qui en souffrent montrent un retard de développement dont elles peuvent se libérer. Cet ouvrage fondamental démontre que les TDA sont le résultat d'expériences vécues à partir de la vie intra-utérine. Il s'adresse à ceux qui veulent savoir comment et pourquoi les expériences de la tendre enfance influencent la biologie et la psychologie du cerveau humain.
Les recherches approfondies effectuées par l'auteur permettront aux parents de mieux comprendre leurs enfants et apporteront aux adultes affligés de troubles semblables une meilleure compréhension de leurs émotions.
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Les dépendances, ces fantômes insatiables
Gabor Maté
- Editions de l'homme
- 17 September 2009
- 9782761925099
Drogues, alcool, tabac, travail, nourriture, sexe, jeu et achats compulsifs : qu'est-ce qui cloche dans nos vies pour que nous ayons recours à des moyens aussi destructeurs pour nous réconforter? Et pourquoi est-il si difficile de renoncer à ces habitudes, même lorsqu'elles mettent notre santé en péril, détruisent. nos relations et ruinent nos vies? l'auteur examine les dépendances épidémiques dans notre société, nous dit pourquoi nous y sommes si vulnérables et ce qu'il faut faire pour nous libérer de leur emprise sur nos émotions et nos comportements. Résumé audacieux de l'expérience clinique, alliant intuition et recherche de pointe, cet ouvrage lève le voile sur cette étonnante faiblesse humaine et propose une approche d'aide empreinte de compassion, non seulement à l'intention des toxicomanes, mais aussi de ceux d'entre nous qui ont des comportements compulsifs.
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Quand le corps dit non ; le stress qui démolit
Gabor Maté
- Editions de l'homme
- 8 March 2004
- 9782761916301
Le stress et les émotions peuvent-ils contribuer à l'apparition de diverses maladies ? La médecine occidentale obtient des résultats spectaculaires lorsqu'elle traite des problèmes comme des fractures ou des infections.
Elle est cependant moins efficace lorsqu'il s'agit de troubles qui ne répondent pas à des interventions rapides comme la chirurgie ou l'administration d'un médicament. Gabor Maté soutient une thèse voulant que la maladie est souvent le moyen dont l'organisme dispose pour se rebeller contre ce que l'esprit ne reconnaît pas. Il résume donc ici les dernières découvertes scientifiques sur les rôles que jouent le stress et l'état émotionnel d'un individu dans l'apparition du cancer ou de maladies chroniques.
Selon lui, la connaissance du mécanisme de cette relation causale est essentielle à la guérison. Gabor Maté démythifie la médecine avec érudition et compassion et nous invite tous à défendre notre propre santé.
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THE MYTH OF NORMAL - TRAUMA, ILLNESS & HEALING IN A TOXIC CULTURE
Gabor Maté, Daniel Mate
- Vermilion
- 15 September 2022
- 9781785042720
Are all our physical diseases and mental illnesses caused by a sick society? And if so, how can we heal ourselves? We tend to believe that normality equals health. Yet what is the norm in the Western world? Mental illness is on an unstoppable rise. Some 45% of Europeans suffer high blood pressure. Nearly 70% of Americans take at least one prescription drug. In his new masterpiece, Gabor Mate investigates the underlying causes of this epidemic - physical and emotional - and connects the dots between our personal maladies and the pressures of society. He explores how virtually all disease is actually natural reflection of life in an abnormal culture, as we grow further and further apart from our true selves. But he also shows us the pathway to healing. The Myth of Normal has clear exercises and practices to help us loosen the burden of cultural expectation. Filled with the stories of people in the grip of illness or in the triumphant wake of recovery, The Myth of Normal shows how true health is possible - if we are willing to embrace authenticity above social expectation.
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THE MYTH OF NORMAL - TRAUMA, ILLNESS & HEALING IN A TOXIC CULTURE
Gabor Maté, Daniel Mate
- Vermilion
- 15 September 2022
- 9781785042713
Gabor Mate (Author) Gabor Mate is a retired physician, bestselling author and renowned speaker, highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, stress and childhood development. He has written four bestselling books published in nearly thirty languages, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction. He has been awarded the Order of Canada (his country''s equivalent of the MBE) and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver, for his ground-breaking medical work and writing. Daniel Mate (Author) Daniel Mate is a musical theatre lyricist and composer whose work has been honoured with the Edward Kleban Prize, a Jonathan Larson Foundation Grant, and the Cole Porter Award for Music and Lyrics. He is host of the YouTube series ''Lyrics To Go''. With his father Gabor, Daniel co-leads the popular workshop Hello Again: A Fresh Start for Parents and Their Adult Children . He also runs a ''mental chiropractic'' service called Take A Walk With Daniel (walkwithdaniel.com).
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HOLD ON TO YOUR KIDS - WHY PARENTS NEED TO MATTER MORE THAN PEERS
Gordon Neufeld, Gabor Maté
- Random house canada
- 13 August 2013
- 9780307361967
NATIONAL BESTSELLER This parenting classic on one of the most disturbing and misunderstood trends of our time--peers replacing parents in the lives of children--is now more relevant than ever. The latest edition includes new material on how social media and video game culture are affecting our children, and what parents can do. In Hold On to Your Kids , Dr. Neufeld and Dr. Maté explore the phenomenon of peer orientation: the troubling tendency of children and youth to look to their peers for direction--for a sense of right and wrong, for values, identity and codes of behaviour. But peer orientation undermines family cohesion, poisons the school atmosphere, and fosters an aggressively hostile and sexualized youth culture. It provides a powerful explanation for schoolyard bullying and youth violence; it is an escalating trend that has never been adequately described or contested until Hold On to Your Kids . Once understood, it becomes self-evident--as do the solutions.
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International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with bestselling author Gabor Maté, M.D., to tackle one of the most disturbing trends of our time: Children today looking to their peers for direction--their values, identity, and codes of behavior. This peer orientation undermines family cohesion, interferes with healthy development, and fosters a hostile and sexualized youth culture. Children end up becoming overly conformist, desensitized, and alienated, and being cool matters more to them than anything else. Hold On to Your Kids explains the causes of this crucial breakdown of parental influence--and demonstrates ways to reattach to sons and daughters, establish the proper hierarchy in the home, make kids feel safe and understood, and earn back your childrens loyalty and love. This updated edition also specifically addresses the unprecedented parenting challenges posed by the rise of digital devices and social media. By helping to reawaken instincts innate to us all, Neufeld and Maté will empower parents to be what nature intended: a true source of contact, security, and warmth for their children.
