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Gabor Maté, When The Body Says No: Mind/Body Unity and the Stress- Disease Connection
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Published on Nov 23, 2014 - Stress is ubiquitous these days - it plays a role in the workplace, in the home,
and virtually everywhere that people interact. It can take a heavy toll unless it is recognized and managed effectively and insightfully.
Western medicine, in theory and practice, tends to treat mind and body as separate entities, is separation, which has always gone
against ancient human wisdom, has now been demonstrated by modern science to be not only artificial, but false. e brain and
body systems that process emotions are intimately connected with the hormonal apparatus, the nervous system, and in
particular the immune system. Emotional stress, especially of the hidden kind that people are not aware of,
undermines immunity, disrupts the body's physiological milieu and can prepare the ground for disease.
There is strong evidence to suggest that in nearly all chronic conditions, from cancer, ALS, or multiple sclerosis to autoimmune
conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease or Alzheimer's, hidden stress is a major predisposing
factor. In an important sense, disease in an individual can be seen as the "end point" of a multigenerational
emotional process. If properly understood, these conditions can provide important openings for compassion
and self-awareness, which in turn are major tools in recovery and healing.
Dr. Maté's presentation includes research findings, compelling and poignant anecdotes from his own extensive experience
in family practice and palliative care, and illuminating biographies of famous people such as athlete Lance Armstrong, the late
comedienne Gilda Radner, or famed baseball legend Lou Gehrig. The presentation is based on When the Body Says No, a
bestselling book that has been translated into more than ten languages on five continents.
Gabor Maté M.D. is a physician and best-selling author whose books have been published in twenty languages internationally.
His interests include child development, the mind-body unity in health and illness, and the treatment of addictions. Gabor has worked
in palliative care and as a family physician, and for fourteen years practiced addiction medicine in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
As a speaker he regularly addresses professional and lay audiences throughout North America. His most recent book, In The Realm
of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction, won the Hubert Evans Prize for literary nonfiction. He is Adjunct
Professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlHIWXWDuF0
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