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In the realm of hungry ghosts : close encounters with addiction
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- ISBN: 9781583944202
- ISBN: 1583944206
- ISBN: 9781556438806
- ISBN: 155643880X
- ISBN: 9780307371737
- ISBN: 0307371735
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1 online resource (471 pages) : illustrations - Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books, ©2010.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Author's note -- Preface to the U.S. edition -- Foreword / by Peter Levine -- Hungry ghosts : the realm of addiction -- pt. I : Hellbound train -- The Only home he's ever had -- The Lethal hold of drugs -- The Keys of paradise : addiction as a flight from distress -- You wouldn't believe my life story -- Angela's grandfather -- Pregnancy journal -- Beethoven's birth room -- There's got to be some light -- pt. II : Physician, heal thyself -- Takes one to know one -- Twelve-step journal : April 5, 2006 -- pt. III : A Different state of the brain -- What is addiction? -- From Vietnam to "Rat Park" : do drugs cause addiction? -- A Different state of the brain -- Through a needle, a warm, soft hug -- Cocaine, dopamine, and candy bars : the incentive system in addiction -- Like a child not released -- pt. IV : How the addicted brain develops -- Their brains never had a chance -- Trauma, stress, and the biology of addiction -- It's not in the genes. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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Gabor Maté, MD, is a physician, author, seminar leader, and acclaimed public speaker. His bestselling books include Scattered, When the Body Says No, and Hold onto Your Kids. In 2022, he also co-authored The Myth of Normal, the instant New York Times bestseller, with his son, Daniel Maté. A former medical columnist for The Vancouver Sun and The Globe and Mail, Dr. Gabor Maté lives in Vancouver, BC.
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Peter A. Levine, PhD, holds doctorates in both medical biophysics and psychology. He developed Somatic Experiencing, a body-awareness approach to trauma treatment, and his bestselling book Waking the Tiger has been translated into 22 languages. His other works include In an Unspoken Voice, Healing Trauma, Trauma and Memory, and Trauma Through a Childâs Eyes. He lives in Encinitas, CA.
