In the realm of hungry ghosts
Subtitle: close encounters with addiction
By: Gabor Maté ; foreword by Peter Levine.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 495
ISBN-13: 9781556438806
Subjects: Substance abuse -- British Columbia -- Vancouver; Substance-Related Disorders -- physiopathology; Behavior, Addictive -- physiopathology; Behavior, Addictive -- psychology
Other titles: Close encounters with addiction
Description: "...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 Mate is a physician. He widens the lens to address the larger societal problem--speaking also to the risks of 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"--Cover, p. 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.