Gabor Mate

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'?...

Children take their lead from their friends: being `cool' matters more than anything else. 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.

Now in paperback, the bestselling exploration of the effects of the mind?body connection on stress and disease Can a person literally die of loneliness? Is there such a thing as a "cancer personality"? Drawing on scientific research and the author?s decades of experience as a practicing physician, this book provides answers to these and other important questions about the effect of the mind?body...

A timely and original book that explores the fundamental nature of human addiction and the current epidemic of different types of addictions with society. Starting with a dramatically close view of Mate's drug addicted patients, he skilfully weaves in stories of real people while providing a bold synthesis of clinical experience, insight and up-to-date findings. This became a bestselling book upon...

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Looks at the phenomenon of drug addiction, examining its physical and psychological causes, as well as the author's experiences of the impact that it has on the patients at his urban Vancouver clinic.

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.

Argues that the growing phenomenon of peer orientation is undermining family cohesion and explains how parents and teachers can reverse the trend to serve as a source of guidance, love, and security for children.

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. ...

A groundbreaking book explains what really causes Attention Deficit Disorder and focuses on the things we can control: changes in the environment, family dynamics, and parenting choices. Dr. Mat believes that our social and emotional environments play a key role in both the cause and cure for this condition.

Now in paperback, the bestselling exploration of the effects of the mind-body connection on stress and disease...

An evocative collection that illuminates life for those directly affected by mental illness?both the sufferers and their family members?and endeavours to lift the stigma that exists around it....

In this groundbreaking collection, well-known and cutting-edge authors bring to light life with mental illness. These evocative essays, by writers who either suffer from or have close family members diagnosed with mental illness or a developmental disorder, aim to break down the stigma that surrounds one of the most devastating of human tribulations. The writers recount their experiences with...

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....

What if everything from diseases like arthritis and cancer to addictions and impulsive behaviors were traceable to childhood trauma?and that trauma was actually built into our society? What if our attempts to be "normal" in a dysfunctional culture actually create more illness? In The Return to Ourselves, Dr. Gabor Maté presents a powerful audio program to help us repair the inevitable damage we...