In the realm of hungry ghosts : close encounters with addiction
Gabor Maté (Author), Peter Levine
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
Print Book, English, 2020
North Atlantic Books, Ergos Institute, Berkeley, California, Lyons, Colorado, 2020
Biography
xxxv, 495 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9781556438806, 9781448737147, 155643880X, 1448737141
1227376249
"New introduction by author"--Cover