Gabor Maté
Also known as Gabor Mate
Hungarian-born Canadian physician who writes on trauma and addiction; The Myth of Normal.
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- Gabor Maté is a Canadian physician and author, born in Budapest in 1944.
- He ran a family practice in East Vancouver for over 20 years and was for twelve years the staff physician of the Portland Hotel Society in the Downtown Eastside, where he worked with people with addictions.
- His books, including In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts and The Myth of Normal, tie addiction and illness to childhood trauma and stress; some commentators question how far the evidence supports his claims.
- He developed the Compassionate Inquiry approach taught to therapists.
Key facts
- Books
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts (2009); The Myth of Normal (with Daniel Maté)1
- Practice
- Family physician in East Vancouver for over 20 years; staff physician, Portland Hotel Society, for twelve years1
- Approach
- Compassionate Inquiry, taught to therapists2
- Honours
- Hubert Evans Prize (2009); Member of the Order of Canada (2018)1
- Born
- January 1944, Budapest1
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