"When the Body Says No" (2003) by Gabor Maté, delves into the deep interconnection between mental stress and physical illnesses. Maté challenges the belief of our minds and bodies being separate entities, providing real-life narratives to show how emotional stress can precipitate chronic conditions, including various cancers and Alzheimer's disease. The book is a significant contribution to understanding how life's stresses impact our nervous, immune, and hormonal systems, encouraging readers to become their own health advocates.
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With two decades of family medicine and palliative care experience, Dr. Gabor Maté is renowned for his psychotherapeutic approach, compassionate inquiry, used to explore unconscious behavioral drives. He's well-known for his decade-long work in Vancouver's Downtown East Side, helping patients struggling with drug addiction and mental illness. Maté is a best-selling author, his books translated into over thirty languages, and an internationally sought-after speaker on addiction, trauma, stress-related illness, and childhood development. His notable work on addiction, "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts," was awarded the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize in 2009.