Awards
- Winner of BC Book Prize's Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize 2009
- Winner of BC Book Prize’s Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize 2009
Overview
A timely and original book that explores the fundamental nature of human addiction and the current epidemic of different types of addictions with society. Starting with a dramatically close view of Mate's drug addicted patients, he skilfully weaves in stories of real people while providing a bold synthesis of clinical experience, insight and up-to-date findings. This became a bestselling book upon publication in Canada and comes highly recommended by casual readers, experts and reviewers alike.
Full Product Details
Author: Gabor Mate
Publisher: Random House Canada
Imprint: Random House Canada
Edition: UK ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.450kg
ISBN: 9780676977417
ISBN 10: 0676977413
Pages: 466
Publication Date: 06 January 2009
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Praise for Hold on to Your Kids <br><br> Mate has expressed [Neufeld's] ideas in precise and hard-hitting prose that makes complex ideas accessible without dumbing them down. The result is a book that grabs hard. <br>-- Edmonton Journal <br><br>Praise for When the Body Says No <br> When Mate witnesses and testifies to human suffering, including his own, he is compassionate and compelling. <br>-- The Globe and Mail <br><br> Written with clarity and compassion. . . . The book's characteristics seem to describe Mate himself: armed with knowledge and straight from the heart. <br>-- Georgia Straight <br><br> [An] enthralling exploration. . . . Mate probes deeply into the life histories and psyches of [his] many patients. . . . What emerges is nothing short of a revelation. <br>-- Edmonton Journal <br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.
A harrowingly honest, compassionate, sometimes angry look at addiction and the people whose lives have been disordered by it. <br> --Ottawa Citizen <br><br> Mate does a great service by forcing us to confront the us-and-them mentality that drives the get-tough responses to addiction.... I highly recommend Hungry Ghosts to everyone seeking insight into addiction. <br> -- The Vancouver Sun <br><br> Excellent.... One of the book's strengths is Mate's detailed and compassionate characterization of the afflicted addicts he treats, but this is not just a memoir. Rather, using his own experience as well as the most advanced recent research, he attempts to delineate the closely interrelated psychological, social, and neurological dimensions of addiction.... A calm, unjudging, compassionate attentiveness to what is happening within. <br> -- The Walrus
A harrowingly honest, compassionate, sometimes angry look at addiction and the people whose lives have been disordered by it. --Ottawa Citizen Mate does a great service by forcing us to confront the us-and-them mentality that drives the get-tough responses to addiction.... I highly recommend Hungry Ghosts to everyone seeking insight into addiction. --The Vancouver Sun Excellent.... One of the book's strengths is Mate's detailed and compassionate characterization of the afflicted addicts he treats, but this is not just a memoir. Rather, using his own experience as well as the most advanced recent research, he attempts to delineate the closely interrelated psychological, social, and neurological dimensions of addiction.... A calm, unjudging, compassionate attentiveness to what is happening within. --The Walrus
A harrowingly honest, compassionate, sometimes angry look at addiction and the people whose lives have been disordered by it. <i> Ottawa Citizen</i> Mate does a great service by forcing us to confront the us-and-them mentality that drives the get-tough responses to addiction.... I highly recommend <i>Hungry Ghosts</i> to everyone seeking insight into addiction. <i><i> </i>The Vancouver Sun</i> Excellent.... One of the book's strengths is Mate's detailed and compassionate characterization of the afflicted addicts he treats, but this is not just a memoir. Rather, using his own experience as well as the most advanced recent research, he attempts to delineate the closely interrelated psychological, social, and neurological dimensions of addiction.... A calm, unjudging, compassionate attentiveness to what is happening within. <i><i> </i>The Walrus</i>
Praise for Hold on to Your Kids : <br> Mate has expressed [Neufeld's] ideas in precise and hard-hitting prose that makes complex ideas accessible without dumbing them down. The result is a book that grabs hard. <br>-- Edmonton Journal <br>Praise for When the Body Says No : <br> When Mate witnesses and testifies to human suffering, including his own, he is compassionate and compelling. <br>-- The Globe and Mail <br> Written with clarity and compassion. . . . The book's characteristics seem to describe Mate himself: armed with knowledge and straight from the heart. <br>-- Georgia Straight <br> [An] enthralling exploration. . . . Mate probes deeply into the life histories and psyches of [his] many patients. . . . What emerges is nothing short of a revelation. <br>-- Edmonton Journal <p> From the Hardcover edition.
A harrowingly honest, compassionate, sometimes angry look at addiction and the people whose lives have been disordered by it. --Ottawa Citizen Mate does a great service by forcing us to confront the us-and-them mentality that drives the get-tough responses to addiction.... I highly recommend Hungry Ghosts to everyone seeking insight into addiction. -- The Vancouver Sun Excellent.... One of the book's strengths is Mate's detailed and compassionate characterization of the afflicted addicts he treats, but this is not just a memoir. Rather, using his own experience as well as the most advanced recent research, he attempts to delineate the closely interrelated psychological, social, and neurological dimensions of addiction.... A calm, unjudging, compassionate attentiveness to what is happening within. -- The Walrus
Author Information
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 award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, and Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, and co-authored Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need To Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages.
