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This book explores the connection between mind and body in the onset of illness, showing how stress and repressed emotions can contribute to disorders such as cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer’s. Maté presents scientific studies and clinical cases of well-known figures to illustrate his theory. He also sets out seven key principles for healing and preventing illnesses linked to hidden stress, drawing on his medical experience and on scientific research.
About the author: Gabor Maté is a Hungarian-Canadian doctor, writer and speaker specialising in subjects such as addiction, stress, child development and the mind-body connection in health. He was born in Budapest in 1944 and emigrated to Canada, where he worked as a family doctor and in communities with high rates of addiction and mental illness. Maté is known for books such as When the Body Says No, where he explores the impact of stress on health, and In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, where he analyses addiction from a biopsychosocial perspective. His approach combines science with clinical experience, emphasising the role of trauma and repressed emotions in the development of illness
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