The myth of normal [hardcover] : trauma, illness, & healing in a toxic culture / Gabor Maté, MD, with Daniel Maté.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593083888
- ISBN: 0593083881
- Physical Description: 562 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [503]-545) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Why normal is a myth (and why that matters) -- Our Interconnected nature -- The distortion of human development -- Rethinking abnormal: afflictions as adaptations -- The toxicities of our culture -- Pathways to wholeness. |
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Subject: | Social medicine Health > Social aspects Diseases > Social aspects Civilization, Modern > 21st century > Health aspects. |
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Upper Skagit Library | 362.1 MAT | 1016088 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
A renowned speaker and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the New York Times bestseller The Myth of Normal, the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction, When the Body Says No: Exploring the Stress-Disease Connection, and Scattered Minds: How Attention Deficit Disorder Originates and What You Can Do About It, and has coauthored Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages.
Daniel Maté is a Brooklyn-based composer-lyricist who has received the Kleban Prize, Cole Porter Award, and Jonathan Larson Grant. His musicals include The Trouble With Doug and The Longing and the Short of It. Other shows in development include Hansel & Gretl & Heidi & Günter, Middle School Mysteries, and an adaptation of the Russell Banks novel The Sweet Hereafter. He is the host of the YouTube program Lyrics To Go and runs a "mental chiropractic" service called Walk With Daniel.