9780593083888-0593083881-The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture

ISBN-13: 9780593083888
ISBN-10: 0593083881
Author: Gabor Maté MD
Publication date: 2022
Publisher: Avery
Format: Hardcover 576 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780593083888
ISBN-10: 0593083881
Author: Gabor Maté MD
Publication date: 2022
Publisher: Avery
Format: Hardcover 576 pages

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The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (ISBN-13: 9780593083888 and ISBN-10: 0593083881), written by authors Gabor Maté MD, was published by Avery in 2022. With an overall rating of 5.0 stars, it's a notable title among other Anxiety Disorders (Mental Health, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Health Care Delivery, Administration & Medicine Economics, Public Health, Pathologies, Psychology) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Hardcover, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Anxiety Disorders books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $5.4.

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By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.

In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Maté eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really "normal" when it comes to health?

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 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. Cowritten with his son Daniel, The Myth Of Normal is Maté's most ambitious and urgent book yet.

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Mar 14, 2024

This is an important book in bolstering our understanding of the role of trauma (in childhood and beyond) and the role of our toxic culture in the diseases which are increasingly prevalent in modern society worldwide. It makes no claim to have all the answers or "the truth" but rather it explores the evidence for a different way of looking at disease and is packed with sources that offer avenues for continued exploration.

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Oct 06, 2022

Informative, providing additional support for currently developing ideas and concepts of our body/brain/mind connections.