Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader
1. The Bermuda Triangle
2. The Little Girl Too Good to Be True
3. Stress and Emotional Competence
4. Buried Alive
5. Never Good Enough
6. You Are Part of This Too, Mom
7. Stress, Hormones, Repression and Cancer
8. Something Good Comes Out of This
9. Is There a “Cancer Personality”?
10 The 55 Per Cent Solution
11. It’s All in Her Head
12. I Shall Die First from the Top
13. Self or Non-Self: The Immune System Confused
14. A Fine Balance: The Biology of Relationships
15. The Biology of Loss
16. The Dance of Generations
17. The Biology of Belief
18. The Power of Negative Thinking
19. The Seven A’s of Healing
Notes
Resources
Acknowledgments
Index

About the Author

A renowned speaker, and bestselling author, DR. GABOR MATÉ is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling books, including the award-winning In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress, and Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, and co-authored Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need To Matter More Than Peers. His works have been published internationally in nearly thirty languages.

Reviews

International Bestseller
 
“This book has many strengths. . . . When Maté witnesses and testifies to human suffering, including his own, he is compassionate and compelling.” —The Globe and Mail
 
“Written with clarity and compassion. . . . The book’s characteristics seem to describe Maté himself: armed with knowledge and straight from the heart.” —The Georgia Straight
 
“Maté’s medical background and lucid writing style make complex biological processes accessible to non-scientific readers.” —The Gazette
 
“Maté carefully explains the biological mechanisms that are activated when stress and trauma exert a powerful influence on the body, and he backs up his claims with compelling evidence from the field. . . . Both the lay and specialist reader will be grateful for the final chapter, ‘The Seven A’s of Healing,’ in which Maté presents an open formula for healing and the prevention of illness resulting from hidden stress.” —Quill & Quire

“It’s a beguiling theory at a time when emotional stress is rampant and a culture of victimization permeates North American thought. . . . A strong collection of illustrative anecdotes drawn from Maté’s professional experience as well as many medical journal references.” —The Vancouver Sun
 
“[An] enthralling exploration of the relationship between stress and disease. . . . Maté probes deeply into the life histories and psyches of [his] many patients. . . . What emerges is nothing short of a revelation.” —Edmonton Journal