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100 1 _aMaté, Gabor,
_eauthor.
_96414142
245 1 0 _aIn the realm of hungry ghosts :
_bclose encounters with addiction /
_cGabor Maté ; foreword by Peter Levine.
246 3 _aClose encounters with addiction.
260 _aBerkeley, Calif. :
_bNorth Atlantic Books,
_c©2010.
264 4 _c©2010.
_aBerkeley, Calif. :
_bNorth Atlantic Books,
300 _axviii, 495 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm.
336 _atext
337 _aunmediated
338 _avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 450-476) and index.
505 0 0 _tHungry ghosts: The realm of addiction --
_tHellbound train --
_tPhysician, heal thyself --
_tA different state of the brain --
_tHow the addicted brain develops --
_tThe addiction process and the addictive personality --
_tImagining humane reality: Beyond the war on drugs --
_tThe ecology of healing --
_gAppendix I:
_tFallacies of adoption and twin studies --
_gAppendix II:
_tA close link: Attention deficit disorder and addictions --
_gAppendix III:
_tThe prevention of addiction --
_gAppendix IV:
_tThe twelve steps.
520 _aBased on Gabor Maté's two decades of experience as a medical doctor and his work with the severely addicted on Vancouver's skid row, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts reenvisions this much misunderstood field by taking a holistic approach. Dr. Maté presents addiction not as a discrete phenomenon confined to an unfortunate or weak-willed few, but as a continuum that runs throughout (and perhaps underpins) our society; not a medical "condition" distinct from the lives it affects, rather the result of a complex interplay among personal history, emotional, and neurological development, brain chemistry, and the drugs (and behaviors) of addiction. Simplifying a wide array of brain and addiction research findings from around the globe, the book avoids glib self-help remedies, instead promoting a thorough and compassionate self-understanding as the first key to healing and wellness. This book argues against contemporary health, social, and criminal justice policies toward addiction and those impacted by it. The mix of personal stories -- including the author's discussion of his own "high-status" addictive tendencies -- and science with positive solutions makes the book equally useful for lay readers and professionals.--Publisher's description.
600 1 0 _aMaté, Gabor.
_96414142
650 0 _aSubstance abuse
_xHistory.
_96414143
650 0 _aCompulsive behavior
_xSocial aspects.
_96414144
650 0 _aAddicts
_xTreatment.
_96414145
650 0 _aSubstance abuse
_xPatients
_zBritish Columbia
_zVancouver
_vCase studies.
_96414146
655 7 _aBiographies.
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655 7 _aCase studies.
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655 7 _aHistory.
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655 7 _aBiographies.
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700 1 _aLevine, Peter,
_ewriter of foreword.
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