From disease to addiction, parenting to attention deficit disorder,

**Spooky** · 24th December 2010 07:47 AM

Dr. Gabor Maté on the Stress-Disease Connection, Addiction, Attention Deficit Disorder and the Destruction of American Childhood

The doctor opens up some areas of thought about addiction and other common maladies affecting society.

Today, a Democracy Now! special with the Canadian physician and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté. From disease to addiction, parenting to attention deficit disorder, Dr. Maté’s work focuses on the centrality of early childhood experiences to the development of the brain, and how those experiences can impact everything from behavioral patterns to physical and mental illness. While the relationship between emotional stress and disease, and mental and physical health more broadly, is often considered controversial within medical orthodoxy, Dr. Maté argues too many doctors seem to have forgotten what was once a commonplace assumption, that emotions are deeply implicated in both the development of illness, addictions and disorders, and in their healing.

**Peter55brien** · 2nd April 2011 12:42 AM

Nice post...
Thanks for such useful information.

**anonnymous** · 2nd April 2011 11:29 AM

I read a book a few years back by Daniel Goleman, the author of Vital Lies, Simple Truths, entitled Emotional Intelligence. It was interesting to learn how emotion matters more than IQ. He explains factors that lead one to emotional intelligence such as self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy.

**tubig** · 2nd April 2011 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by Spooky

Dr. Gabor Maté on the Stress-Disease Connection, Addiction, Attention Deficit Disorder and the Destruction of American Childhood

The doctor opens up some areas of thought about addiction and other common maladies affecting society.

Today, a Democracy Now! special with the Canadian physician and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté. From disease to addiction, parenting to attention deficit disorder, Dr. Maté’s work focuses on the centrality of early childhood experiences to the development of the brain, and how those experiences can impact everything from behavioral patterns to physical and mental illness. While the relationship between emotional stress and disease, and mental and physical health more broadly, is often considered controversial within medical orthodoxy, Dr. Maté argues too many doctors seem to have forgotten what was once a commonplace assumption, that emotions are deeply implicated in both the development of illness, addictions and disorders, and in their healing.

Thank you for that. I am sending it to family and others.

**Inkslinger** · 3rd April 2011 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by Peter55brien

Nice post...
Thanks for such useful information.

I have a premonition that you're gonna be the poster of the year here.

**freecell** · 3rd April 2011 07:25 AM

Prisons are full of ADD and ADHD men and women.

My son has ADHD and was a hand full in his teens. Patience and love, you need to have those to cope with them. He still gives me gray hairs.