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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Maté

6 reviews

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Classism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Genocide, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Colonisation, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Gun violence, Medical content, Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

jess_always_reading's review

challenging informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

Dr. Maté is absolutely worth a read and his book has a wealth of information on addiction, societal stigma, and trauma. However, some parts of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts are a bit outdated esp cially when it comes to some best practices & inclusive language so a critical eye is important when reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Murder, Mental illness, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Suicide, Colonisation, Chronic illness, Cancer, Pregnancy, Incest, Drug use, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Self harm, and Infidelity

fjette's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Maté focuses a little too much on his own addictive tendencies for my taste, also feels as though there may be too much pathologized/compared to addiction. Overall though, super powerful, interesting, and informative. Loved the evidence-based policy recommendations. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Antisemitism, and Drug use

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Incest, and Abandonment

cameliam's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Dr. Gabor Maté expresses courageously the truths of the addicted person. Moving us away from our view of the addict only as someone living on the streets, addicted to the most illegal of drugs, to addressing the addicted personality that blends into what we call our «productive » society. Knowing we can only heal by addressing the route causes of the addicted brain: how it was not allowed to properly form during childhood.  This book teaches us that through compassionate and curious approaches only will we be able to soften the grips of addiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Racism, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

havelock's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

erenreads12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

What a breath of fresh air. Gabor Matt approaches addiction with a critical eye and mountains of compassion and empathy. I started reading this to better understand what a friend of mine went through - but this thorough, reflective and detailed exploration of addiction brought me to reflect on the experiences of many others around me, as well as myself. I drew huge amounts of understanding and empathy from this book, written with utmost sensitivity and filled with empirical evidence for a kind and compassionate approach to treating addiction.

This is an essential read for any and every aspiring or developing medical professional (doctor, psychiatrist, therapist, anyone), as well as anyone who has experienced addiction in any of its forms, and their friends and family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Rape, Sexual assault, and Terminal illness