C-authored with his father, Dr. Gabor Mate, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Knopf $35), which investigates the causes of illness in a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease by its very nature. The book also provides a pathway to health and healing. “Health and illness are not random biological states in a particular body or body part. They are, in fact, expressions of an entire life, a life that cannot be understood in isolation,” says Dr. Gabor Maté. “It arises from a web of circumstances, relationships and experiences in the context of a certain society and culture. And what passes for normal in our society is neither healthy nor natural. By bringing to light  and debunking the myth of normal, we are empowered to create a more genuinely scientific, healthful and life-giving view of what it means to be healthy, physically and emotionally.”

Books:

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture (Knopf, 2022) $35 9780735278363. 

[BCBW 2022]