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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Gabor Maté
About this book
Gabor Maté weaves together memoir, neuroscience, and clinical narrative to explore addiction — showing it not as a moral failure but as a response to trauma, early attachment wounds, and the loss of connection with self and others.
Key themes
- Addiction as a response to trauma, not a moral failure
- How early attachment wounds shape addictive patterns
- The neuroscience of craving, reward, and dopamine
- Compassionate rather than punitive approaches to addiction
- The relationship between disconnection and substance use
About the author
Gabor Maté, MD is a Canadian physician and author specializing in addiction, trauma, and mind-body medicine. He practiced for twenty years in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and has written four international bestsellers.
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