![]() ![]() It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. This is a journey with a man who has dedicated his life to understanding the connection between illness, addiction, trauma and society. Gabor Maté to explore why Western society is facing such epidemics. In The Wisdom of Trauma, we travel alongside physician, bestselling author and Order of Canada recipient Dr. The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr. The film makers are asking the question ‘What is going on?’ The autoimmunity epidemic affects 24 million people in the USA. Drug overdose kills 81,000 in the USA annually. It kills over 800,000 people a year globally and 48,300 in the USA. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24. One in five Americans are ‘diagnosed with mental illness’ in any given year. Join us the week of June 8–14 for the world premiere. He is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Criminology, Simon Fraser University.From Science & Nonduality: “Announcing the release of the documentary THE WISDOM OF TRAUMA, now four years in the making by directors and producers Maurizio and Zaya Benazzo from Science and Nonduality (SAND). Maté has received the Hubert Evans Prize for Literary Non-Fiction an Honorary Degree (Law) from the University of Northern British Columbia an Outstanding Alumnus Award from Simon Fraser University and the 2012 Martin Luther King Humanitarian Award from Mothers Against Teen Violence. His works have been published internationally in twenty languages.ĭr. 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: A New Look at the Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder, and co-authored Hold on to Your Kids. Maté is a sought-after speaker and teacher, regularly addressing health professionals, educators, and lay audiences throughout North America.Īs an author, Dr. With over 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience and extensive knowledge of the latest findings of leading-edge research, Dr. Maté worked in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside with patients challenged by hard-core drug addiction, mental illness and HIV, including at Vancouver’s Supervised Injection Site. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them.įor twelve years Dr. Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress and childhood development. Join us for this exploration this June!ĭirector of photography: Caroline HarrisonĮditor: Kirk Demorest and Caroline HarrisonĪ renowned speaker, and bestselling author, Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policy-makers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviors, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviors and diseases spring in the wounded human soul. Trauma is what happens inside you, as a result of what happens to you.” - Dr. This is a journey alongside a man who has dedicated his life to understand the connection between illness, addiction, trauma, and society. In “The Wisdom of Trauma”, we travel alongside bestselling author and Order of Canada recipient Dr Gabor Maté to explore why our Western society is facing such epidemics. The abnormality does not reside in the pathology of individuals, but in the very culture that drives people into suffering and dysfunction.” - Gabor Maté ![]() “So much of what we call abnormality in this culture is actually normal responses to an abnormal culture. The interconnected epidemics of anxiety, chronic illness and substance abuse are, according to Dr Gabor Maté, normal. Vaccination Safety and Informed Choices.Work Life Law – Breastfeeding and Paid Parenting Leave.National Child Traumatic Stress Network Resources.Mindfulness (Self-Regulation Practices).Education Reform and Alternative Education Resources.Adverse Childhood Events – Trauma Recovery Resources. ![]()
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