Addiction & Brain Development with Gabor Mate
For over ten years Gabor Mate has been the staff physician at the Portland Hotel, a residence and harm reduction facility in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. His patients are challenged by life-threatening drug addictions, mental illness, Hepatitis C or HIV, and in many cases all four. But if Dr. Mate’s patients are at the end of the spectrum, there are many others among us who are also struggling with addictions. drugs, alcohol, tobacco, gambling, compulsive work habits, sexual seeking or spending: what is amiss with our lives that we seek such destructive ways to comfort ourselves? And why is it so difficult to stop these habits, even as they threaten our health, jeopardize our relationships and corrode our spirits?
Gabor Mate M.D. is the author of the bestselling books Scattered Minds, When the Body Says No and now In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts – Close Encounters With Addiction
Duration : 1:4:26
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November 24th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Very good lecture. …
Very good lecture. I have understood a great deal why I do the things I do. God Bless and wish this Dr. all the best.
November 24th, 2009 at 11:37 am
this video has a …
this video has a nice relaxing pace – please be advised that the hiv test only identifies the presence of 2, 3 or 4 proteins for a positive result depending on which country one is testing in and many conditions will cause the body to produce those proteins including drug use, flu shots and pregnancy among others. please pray for all those who have been misdiagnosed with hiv and AIDS.