Gabor Maté
Hungarian-Canadian physician and author. Specialist in the connection between stress, trauma, and illness, and in treating addictions from a compassionate perspective.
Books
- When the Body Says No (2003)
Maté explores the connection between repressed emotional stress and chronic illness, arguing that suppressing emotions weakens the immune system.
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (2008)
Maté presents a compassionate view of addiction, showing it as a response to emotional pain and early trauma, not a moral failure.
- The Myth of Normal (2022)
Maté argues that our "normal" culture generates illness, and that healing requires understanding trauma as a social, not just individual, phenomenon.