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'It all starts with waking up... to what our bodies are expressing and our minds are suppressing'
Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Americans are now on prescription drugs. So what is 'normal' when it comes to health?
Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Maté has seen how health systems neglect the role that trauma exerts on our bodies and our minds. Medicine often fails to treat the whole person, ignoring how today's culture stresses our bodies, burdens our immune systems and undermines emotional balance.
Now, in his most ambitious and urgent book yet, Dr Maté connects the dots between our personal suffering and the pressures of modern-day living - with disease as a natural reflection of a life spent growing further and further apart from our true selves. But, with deep compassion, he also shows us a pathway to health and healing.
Filled with stories of people in the grip of illness or in the triumphant wake of recovery, this life-affirming book, co-written with his son Daniel, proves true health is possible - if we are willing to reconnect with each other and our authentic selves.
In this breakthrough guide to understanding, treating, and healing Attention Deficit Disorder, Dr. Gabor Maté, bestselling author of The Myth of Normal, and himself diagnosed with ADD:
- Demonstrates that the condition is not a genetic “illness” but a response to environmental stress
- 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 behaviors
- Expresses optimism about neurological development even in adulthood
- Presents a program of how to promote this development in both children and adults
Whereas other books on the subject describe the condition as inherited, Dr. Maté believes that our social and emotional environments play a key role in both the cause of and cure for this condition. In Scattered Minds, he describes the painful realities of ADD and its effect on children as well as on career and social paths in adults.
While acknowledging that genetics may indeed play a part in predisposing a person toward ADD, Dr. Maté moves beyond that to focus on the things we can control: changes in environment, family dynamics, and parenting choices. He draws heavily on his own experience with the disorder, as both an ADD sufferer and the parent of diagnosed children. Providing a thorough overview of ADD and its treatments, without blaming anyone, Scattered Minds is essential and life-changing reading for the millions of ADD sufferers in North America today.
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 Maté 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
* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *
Wir neigen dazu zu glauben, dass Normalität mit Gesundheit gleichzusetzen ist. Doch was ist eigentlich die Norm in westlichen Gesellschaften?
Dieser Frage geht der renommierte Experte, Arzt und Bestsellerautor Gabor Maté in seinem neuen Buch nach. Er hat eine umfassende Untersuchung der Ursachen von Krankheiten zusammengestellt, die vor allem zeigt, wie unsere Gesellschaft diese hervorbringt und begünstigt, und wie ein natürlicher Weg zu Gesundheit und Heilung aussehen kann.
Gabor Maté macht deutlich, dass unser Verständnis dessen, was als gesundheitlich »normal« gilt, falsch ist, denn es vernachlässigt die Rolle von Trauma, Stress und Alltagsdruck auf unseren Körper und Geist. Wir brauchen vielmehr eine neue Perspektive darauf, was Menschen krank macht und wie wir gängige körperliche, mentale und emotionale Beschwerden der Moderne lindern können.
In seinem lebensbejahenden Buch voller Fallgeschichten zeigt Maté wie wahre Gesundheit möglich wird.
»Ein kraftvolles, tiefgründig erzähltes, wissenschaftlich fundiertes, inspirierendes Werk voller Fallgeschichten, das uns hilft zu verstehen, wie Stress in unserer Kultur das Wohlbefinden in all seinen Facetten beeinflusst.«
Daniel J. Siegel, Professor für Psychiatrie und Bestsellerautor
En este revolucionario libro, el renombrado médico Gabor Maté analiza elocuentemente cómo las enfermedades crónicas y la mala salud en general van en aumento en los países occidentales que se enorgullecen de sus sistemas de atención médica. Casi el setenta por ciento de los estadounidenses toman al menos un medicamento recetado; más de la mitad toma dos. En Canadá,una de cada cinco personas tiene presión arterial alta. En Europa, la hipertensión se ha diagnosticado en más del treinta por ciento de la población. Y en todas partes, las enfermedades mentales en adolescentes van en aumento. Entonces, ¿qué es realmente «normal» cuando se trata de salud?
A lo largo de cuatro décadas de experiencia clínica, Maté ha llegado a la conclusión de que la comprensión predominante de «normal» es falsa, ya que deja de lado los roles que el trauma, el estrés y las presiones de la vida moderna ejercen sobre nuestros cuerpos y nuestras mentes a expensas de la buena salud. A pesar de toda su experiencia y sofisticación tecnológica, la medicina occidental a menudo no concibe a la persona en su totalidad, e ignora cómo la cultura actual estresa el cuerpo, sobrecarga su sistema inmunológico y socava su equilibrio emocional. En El mito de la normalidad, Maté aporta su perspectiva para desenredar los mitos comunes sobre lo que nos enferma, une los puntos entre las enfermedades de las personas y la solidez en declive de la sociedad, y ofrece una guía compasiva para la salud y la curación. Coescrito con su hijo Daniel, es el libro más ambicioso y urgente de Maté hasta el momento.
For over seven years Gabor Maté has been the staff physician at the Portland Hotel, a residence and harm reduction facility in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. His patients are challenged by life-threatening drug addictions, mental illness, Hepatitis C or HIV and, in many cases, all four. But if Dr. Maté’s patients are at the far end of the spectrum, there are many others among us who are also struggling with addictions. Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, work, food, sex, gambling and excessive inappropriate spending: what is amiss with our lives that we seek such self-destructive ways to comfort ourselves? And why is it so difficult to stop these habits, even as they threaten our health, jeopardize our relationships and corrode our lives?
Beginning with a dramatically close view of his drug addicted patients, Dr. Maté looks at his own history of compulsive behaviour. He weaves the stories of real people who have struggled with addiction with the latest research on addiction and the brain. Providing a bold synthesis of clinical experience, insight and cutting edge scientific findings, Dr. Maté sheds light on this most puzzling of human frailties. He proposes a compassionate approach to helping drug addicts and, for the many behaviour addicts among us, to addressing the void addiction is meant to fill.
I believe there is one addiction process, whether it manifests in the lethal substance dependencies of my Downtown Eastside patients, the frantic self-soothing of overeaters or shopaholics, the obsessions of gamblers, sexaholics and compulsive internet users, or in the socially acceptable and even admired behaviours of the workaholic. Drug addicts are often dismissed and discounted as unworthy of empathy and respect. In telling their stories my intent is to help their voices to be heard and to shed light on the origins and nature of their ill-fated struggle to overcome suffering through substance use. Both in their flaws and their virtues they share much in common with the society that ostracizes them. If they have chosen a path to nowhere, they still have much to teach the rest of us. In the dark mirror of their lives we can trace outlines of our own.
—from In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
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 Maté’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
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL PARENTING PUBLICATIONS GOLD AWARD • “A worthy book that brings us genuinely new ideas and fresh perspectives on parenting.”—Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving Ophelia
International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with New York Times bestselling co-author of Myth of Normal, 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 children’s 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.
To heal addiction, you have to go back to the start…
Featured on Russell Brand’s podcast Under the Skin
Dr Gabor Maté 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 Maté 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
Einmal ADHS, immer ADHS?
Heilungswege jenseits von Ritalin
ADHS – die immer noch unverstandene Krankheit bedeutet für unzählige Menschen ein Leben in Unruhe und Zerrissenheit. Dass bei der
Aufmerksamkeitsdefizitstörung eine Beeinträchtigung der Neurophysiologie besteht, ist auch für den Mediziner DR. GABOR MATÉ unbestritten.
Bei der Ursachenforschung bricht er jedoch mit der bisher gängigen These von der genetischen Veranlagung und legt stattdessen dar, wie Erfahrungen aus der Kindheit sich auf das menschliche Gehirn auswirken. Seine Botschaft an Eltern, Therapeuten, Lehrer und Betroffene: Heilung ist möglich! Sein Rezept: Mehr Einfühlsamkeit und Fürsorge!
Matés einzigartiger Therapieansatz verfolgt einen Prozess der Ganzwerdung. Er hilft Eltern zu verstehen, wie ihre ADHS-Kinder ticken und Erwachsenen, emotionale Selbststeuerung zu erlernen, um Zerstreutheit, Hyperaktivität und Impulsivität nicht mehr ausgeliefert zu sein. Das Buch ist eine aufschlussreiche Mischung aus Erfahrungsberichten, Fallstudien sowie neuesten Erkenntnissen aus Neurowissenschaft, Familiensystemtheorie und Genetik – und beleuchtet diese gravierende Beeinträchtigung nicht zuletzt in Zusammenhang mit gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen.
Der Kanadier DR. GABOR MATÉ ist Allgemein- und Palliativmediziner, Bestseller-Autor und selbst Betroffener. Der Experte zu den Themen ADHS, kindliche Entwicklung, Stress und Sucht verfasste mehrere Bücher, darunter den internationalen Beststeller WENN DER KÖRPER NEIN SAGT und IM REICH DER HUNGRIGEN GEISTER.
"Dieses erfreuliche, hilfreiche Buch ist eine willkommene Ergänzung zur Literatur über ADHS. Es ist auf der Grundlage solider Recherche und einer ausgeprägten humanistischen Sensibilität mit viel Humor und Mitgefühl aus einer schonungslos ehrlichen Perspektive geschrieben." - Dr. John Ratey, Professor für Psychiatrie, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Gabor Maté gehört zu den weltweit anerkanntesten Experten der Suchtpsychologie. Seine einschneidenden Erkenntnisse, die er durch seine jahrzehntelange Arbeit als Arzt in der Drogenszene Vancouvers erwarb, verändern unsere Sicht auf menschliche Entwicklung, Trauma und Entwurzelung.
In seinem internationalen Bestseller Im Reich der hungrigen Geister nähert er sich mit ganzheitlichem und mitfühlendem Blick der Sucht – sei es nach Alkohol, Heroin, Sex, Tabak oder Glücksspiel. Dabei widerspricht er gängigen Annahmen, Suchtverhalten sei ein Phänomen willensschwacher Menschen oder eine genetische Disposition. Ganz im Gegenteil: Es durchzieht unsere gesamte Gesellschaft und lässt sich nur als komplexes Zusammenspiel von persönlicher Geschichte, emotionaler Entwicklung und neurochemischen Prozessen verstehen.
Auf seine fesselnde Art verwebt Maté die aktuellsten Erkenntnisse der Neurowissenschaften und umfangreiche Sozialstudien mit authentischen Patientengeschichten und gesellschaftlichen Debatten. Dabei bezieht er klare Positionen, beispielsweise zur Legalisierung von Drogen und zur Entkriminalisierung von Süchtigen.
Mit Maté lernen wir, dass der erste Schritt zur Heilung in einfühlsamer Selbsterkenntnis liegt. Seine hungrigen Geister werden unseren Blick auf uns selbst, auf unsere Mitmenschen und auf die Welt für immer verändern.
"Ein bewegender, kontroverser und vielschichtiger Blick auf die Hintergründe von Suchtverhalten. Im Reich der hungrigen Geister liest sich nicht nur als lebhafte Analyse der körperlichen und seelischen Ursachen von Drogensucht, sondern führt auch direkt ins Herz des Autors selbst."
The Globe and Mail
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