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Gabor Maté explores how stress can affect mind and body. He draws on the lives of his patients. He weighs their cases against research from clinical work. He looks at stress caused by outside events. He also looks at stress that comes from within. He links daily strain with illness.

This book covers health and psychology. It is for readers who want to learn about that link. Maté makes a case for biopsychosocial medicine. This approach looks at the body, mind and social life together. He draws on decades of work as a doctor. He also shares his own suffering.

Maté was born in 1944. He is a Canadian doctor of Hungarian origin. His main field is palliative care. He studies childhood trauma and stress. He also studies dependence on alcohol and drugs. He helps addiction clinics in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. He has also written a newspaper column for The Globe and Mail. He gives public talks as an author and motivational speaker.