| Description |
xxxv, 495 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"New introduction by author"--Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-476) and index. |
| Summary |
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts is a compassionate look at drug addiction by best-selling author and physican Gabor Maté. This insightful book explores the scientific and psychological causes of addiction, as well as the impact on the addicts treated at the Downtown Eastside Vancouver clinic where Maté is a physician. He widens the lens to address the larger societal problem - speaking also to the risks of the more "high-status" addictions, such as wealth, power, and sex. He boldly challenges the War on Drugs, proposing a more holistic, constructive set of alternatives. A riveting, debate-provoking book about an illness that reaches all levels of society, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts provides a much-needed glimpse of hope from an innovator who is taking on addiction with startling clarity, vision, and wisdom--Back cover. |
| Subject |
Maté, Gabor.
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Substance abuse -- History.
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Compulsive behavior -- Social aspects.
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Addicts -- Treatment.
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Substance abuse -- Patients -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Case studies.
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Maté, Gabor. (OCoLC)fst00429781
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Compulsive behavior -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00871952
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Substance abuse. (OCoLC)fst01136767
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Substance abuse -- Patients.
(OCoLC)fst01136788
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British Columbia -- Vancouver.
(OCoLC)fst01211882
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Levine, Peter, writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Close encounters with addiction |
| ISBN |
9781556438806 (paperback) |
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155643880X (paperback) |
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