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Maté G. When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress. Toronto: Knopf Canada; 2003. 320 p.
Why we cite it
Presents the case that chronic emotional stress — particularly emotional repression and the inability to set boundaries — manifests as physical disease. Relevant to the project’s work on pattern recognition: stress patterns established in childhood shape adult behaviors including eating, and recognizing these unconscious patterns is the prerequisite to changing them.
About the author
Gabor Maté, MD is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician and author. Practiced family medicine in Vancouver for two decades before working in palliative care and then 12 years in addiction medicine in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Specializes in childhood development, trauma, addiction, and the stress-disease connection. Creator of Compassionate Inquiry, a psychotherapeutic approach now studied by thousands of practitioners in 80+ countries. Author of five books including In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (addiction), Scattered Minds (ADHD), Hold on to Your Kids (parenting), and The Myth of Normal (2022). Recipient of the Order of Canada (the country’s highest civilian distinction) and the City of Vancouver Civic Merit Award.
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