Gabor Maté, MD & Daniel Maté

About the Book

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 the toxicity of today’s 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.

About the Author

Gabor Maté, MD, is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician, author, and speaker specializing in the study and treatment of addiction.

Daniel Maté is a composer, lyricist, and playwright for musical theatre based in BC and New York.