"The Hungry Ghost: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Addiction, from Heroin to Workaholism"

Dr. Gabor Maté Thursday April 27, 2017

Co-Sponsored by the Rockefeller Center
12:30 - 2:00 pm, Haldeman 41
"The Hungry Ghost: A Biopsychosocial Perspective on Addiction, from Heroin to Workaholism"

Clinician and author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Addiction is epidemic in our society, but we react by regarding it as a crime rather than a disease, even less so as a disease of dislocation and spiritual emptiness. Gabor Maté, a Hungarian-born physician who treats addicts in the Vancouver area, advocates a radical and compassionate approach to addiction and treatment. Boldly challenging the efficacy of the War on Drugs, he proposes more holistic alternatives that address larger societal problems and "high status" addictions, such as wealth, power, sex.