Gabor Maté

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Psychology Science

Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician specializing in addiction treatment and mind-body health connections.
Born in 1944, he survived the Nazi genocide and immigrated to Canada in 1957.
After teaching English, he pursued medicine and ran a family practice in East Vancouver for over 20 years.
Maté also worked in palliative care and currently serves as a staff physician at the Portland Hotel, treating patients with mental illness, drug addiction, and HIV. He has written about his experiences with addicts and made headlines defending physicians working at Insite, a supervised safe injection site.
Maté's unique perspective on Attention Deficit Disorder and his belief in the mind-body health connection have gained him wide recognition.

Books by Gabor Maté

The Myth of Normal

by Gabor Maté • 2022

Sickness is not an accident; it's a biography. The link between trauma, culture, and disease.

4.30

36k+

🧒 Childhood Adversity 🧬 Mind-Body Medicine 💉 Addiction And Trauma

The Myth of Normal

Sickness is not an accident; it's a biography. The link between trauma, culture, and disease.

by Gabor Maté 2022 576 pages

4.30

36k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Adversity 🧬 Mind-Body Medicine 💉 Addiction And Trauma

When the Body Says No

by Gabor Maté • 2003

Learn to say no before your body does: the emotional roots of chronic illness.

4.17

36k+

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🏥 Chronic Illness 🚧 Emotional Boundaries

When the Body Says No

Learn to say no before your body does: the emotional roots of chronic illness.

by Gabor Maté 2003 320 pages

4.17

36k+ ratings

🧠 Mind-Body Medicine 🏥 Chronic Illness 🚧 Emotional Boundaries

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

by Gabor Maté • 2007

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

4.48

24k+

🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts

Addiction begins in childhood trauma, not moral failing. Healing needs compassion, not punishment.

by Gabor Maté 2007 522 pages

4.48

24k+ ratings

🧠 Addiction Psychology 💔 Trauma And Addiction 🩹 Harm Reduction

Scattered

by Gabor Maté • 1999

ADD begins not in your genes but in a sensitive infant's adaptation to early stress.

4.27

21k+

🧠 Attention Disorders 💔 Developmental Trauma 🔗 Attachment Theory

Scattered

ADD begins not in your genes but in a sensitive infant's adaptation to early stress.

by Gabor Maté 1999 370 pages

4.27

21k+ ratings

🧠 Attention Disorders 💔 Developmental Trauma 🔗 Attachment Theory

Dr Gabor Maté 5 Books Collection Set

by Gabor Maté • 2022

Addiction is not about drugs but about pain: who hurt you, and what never came.

4.76

🩹 Addiction Recovery ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing 👶 Childhood Trauma

Dr Gabor Maté 5 Books Collection Set

Addiction is not about drugs but about pain: who hurt you, and what never came.

by Gabor Maté 2022 2112 pages

4.76

21 ratings

🩹 Addiction Recovery ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Healing 👶 Childhood Trauma

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