The myth of normal : trauma, illness & healing in a toxic culture
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Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, [2022].
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Adult Book
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9780735278363 :, 0735278369
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562 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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362.1 M38 2021
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Published
Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada, [2022].
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English
ISBN
9780735278363 :, 0735278369

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-545) and index.
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An investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing. In the richest, most technically advanced, most health-obsessed society ever, all is not well. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, chronic illnesses were on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, over 30 percent of the population suffers from hypertension. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the increase. So what is really 'normal' when it comes to health? Over four decades of clinical experience, Gabor Maté has come to recognize this version of 'normal' as misleading, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of life in the modern world, exert on our bodies and our minds at the expense of good health. For all its expertise and technological sophistication, Western medicine often fails to treat the whole person, which in turn stresses the body, burdens the immune system and undermines emotional balance. Now, Maté brings his perspective to the great untangling of commonly held myths about what makes us sick, and connects the dots between personal suffering and the pressures of modern-day living.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Maté, G., & Maté, D. (2022). The myth of normal: trauma, illness & healing in a toxic culture . Alfred A. Knopf Canada.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Maté, Gabor and Daniel, Maté. 2022. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture. Alfred A. Knopf Canada.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Maté, Gabor and Daniel, Maté. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2022.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Maté, Gabor,, and Daniel Maté. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2022.

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