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Talks, interviews and lectures by physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté — on trauma, addiction, stress and disease, ADHD, attachment, and healing.
…that this book makes clear is untenable. It's anti-human, and it cannot continue in its current form. On that note, thank you, Dr. Mattei. I want to thank Laura Kondrjan and Christopher Ho at KCRW, the very good NPR station in Santa Monica, for posting…
…emotional stress and disease and mental and physical health more broadly is often considered controversial within medical orthodoxy, Dr. Mattei argues too many doctors seem to have forgotten what was once a commonplace assumption, that emotions are deeply…
…now rebelling against adult values. But it's not because they're bad kids, but because they become disconnected from adults. AMY GOODMAN- Dr. Mattei, there's a whole debate about education in the United States right now. How does this fit in? DR. Well, you…
…ill patients at the palliative care unit at Vancouver Hospital, where he was the medical coordinator for seven years, Dr. Mattei argues that stress and individual emotional makeup play critical roles in an array of diseases, including cancer, heart disease,…
…diabetes, multiple sclerosis and arthritis. Speaking to us this time from Vancouver—it was actually during the Vancouver Olympics—Dr. Mattei began by explaining his analysis of the mind-body connection. You know, the traditional medicines of China for 3,000…
…and Hold On to Your Kids, Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. Today we hear excerpts from a speech by Dr. Mattei, which he gave in November 2011 in Berkeley, California. It's very interesting to look at the United States from the outside, of…
…difficult perspective for parents, but it's also much more optimistic. It opens up many more possibilities. Yes, please. Hi, Dr. Mattei. Just a question. You're talking about the multi-generational component in terms of addiction in particular. I wanted to ask…
…questions for you guys. This is what Yipeng shared with us. Take a look. A question that I have for both Dr. Mattei and Daniel. is the conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism and the weaponization of anti-Semitism in the context of the ongoing…
…actually had to do with the gender-based violence on October 7th. Before we get to the gender-based violence, something that Dr. Mattei, I think that you had actually referenced with regard to years earlier with gender-based violence coming the other way, I…
…the University of British Columbia. And he then operated in a private practice in the city of Vancouver for many years. Dr. Mattei has written a number of books dealing with addiction, stress, trauma, but specifically his book, Scattered Minds, is his book…
…parent's generation to the child, that in addition, the culture can generate and transmit trauma to individuals. So according to Dr. Mattei, there's trauma everywhere, and a lot of the problems we are dealing with in life, and specifically ADHD specifically,…
…with in life, and specifically ADHD specifically, appears to arise out of these adverse experiences in life. Now, it's interesting that Dr. Mattei doesn't really define exactly what he means by trauma. It could be something as simple as an insult or an…
…ADHD. We're just going to wind up rolling it all into the term adverse childhood events and let it go at that. Dr. Mattei has appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience in which he has articulated these ideas about stress and trauma being the principal cause…
…about stress and trauma being the principal cause of ADHD on the show, the link to which is in the thumbnail sketch. Dr. Mattei claims that ADHD is not genetic, that it's not inherited, and that it is due to this within generation and cross-generation…
…toxic culture and scattered minds the origins and healing of attention deficit disorder Today, I'll be talking to Dr. Neufeld and Dr. Mattei about the newly released and updated version of their book, Hold On To Your Kids, Why Parents Need To Matter More…
…and updated version of their book, Hold On To Your Kids, Why Parents Need To Matter More Than Peers. Thank you, Dr. Neufeld, Dr. Mattei, for talking to me today. Dr. Neufeld Nice to be here. So let's start with peer orientation, which is the sort of…
…it without it. So this has been, at least for me, an essential partnership. And I was so glad to be able to write this book with Gordon. It's been a real privilege to speak to both of you today. Thanks, Dr. Neufeld. Thanks, Dr. Mattei. Thank you.
…to tell you a little bit about my own my own experience. Yeah, let's bring him on and I'll introduce him. Hi, Gabor. Hi, Dr. Mattei. Can you hear me? Hi, Anita. Hi, there you are. How nice to see you. How are you doing? I'm very well, thank you.…
…because of that experience we are so honored to have him with us today. So without further delay, Dr. Gabor Mate. First, Dr. Mattei, I sincerely wanna thank you for the thousands of patients you've treated and seen. And I just finished in the realm of…
…emotional stress and disease and mental and physical health more broadly is often considered controversial within medical orthodoxy, Dr. Mattei argues too many doctors seem to have forgotten what was once a commonplace assumption, that emotions are deeply…
…Encounters with Addiction. Today, we bring you all three of our interviews with Dr. Maté in 2010. In our first conversation, Dr. Mattei talked about his work as a staff physician at the Portland Hotel in Vancouver, Canada, a residence and harm reduction…
…hosts the only legal injection site in North America, a center that's come under fire from Canada's conservative government. I asked Dr. Mattei to talk about his patients. Hardcore drug addicts that I treat, but according to all studies in the States as…
…now rebelling against adult values. But it's not because they're bad kids, but because they become disconnected from adults. AMY GOODMAN- Dr. Mattei, there's a whole debate about education in the United States right now. How does this fit in? DR. Well, you…
…ill patients at the palliative care unit at Vancouver Hospital, where he was the medical coordinator for seven years, Dr. Mattei argues that stress and individual emotional makeup play critical roles in an array of diseases, including cancer, heart disease,…
…of topics, including addiction, stress, and childhood development. Rather than offering quick fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Mattei weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective…
…promote their own healing and that of those around them. After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Mattei worked for over a decade in Vancouver's downtown Eastside with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. So…
…all Canadian bestsellers. His books have been widely translated internationally into 12 languages on five continents. For 20 years, Dr. Mattei had a family practice and for seven years was medical coordinator of the palliative care unit at Vancouver Hospital.…
…Eastside with patients challenged by hardcore drug addiction, mental illness, and HIV. In addition to his many speaking engagements, Dr. Mattei has been guest lecturer at Washington State University and a visiting professor at McGill University in the Faculty…
…New Look at Contemporary Malaise, co-written with developmental psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld. It is my pleasure to introduce Dr. Gabor Mattei. Thank you. Just a couple of questions to the biography. My books have been translated, I think, to almost close…
…their sake and for the salvation of their own humanity and the humanity of this country here that they open their eyes. Dr. Mattei, it's good to talk to you tonight. Thank you. Good luck. Dr. Gabor Mattei is with the Middle East Children's Alliance. He…
…this country here that they open their eyes. Dr. Mattei, it's good to talk to you tonight. Thank you. Good luck. Dr. Gabor Mattei is with the Middle East Children's Alliance. He spoke from Jerusalem. So here to speak now in support of the Middle East…
…togetherness with his cohort. So that communal cohesion and attachment, those are the only answers I can think of. Okay? Thank you. Hi, Dr. Mattei. I want to thank you so much for your work. It means a lot to me. My name's Tess, and my question is,…
…to do the same thing. Can you imagine what a gift that would be to the world? It's not going to happen. Why, Dr. Mattei, so pessimistic? Why is it not going to happen? Because we're all of us too attached to social role and social expectation. And…
…society to do the same thing. Can you imagine what a gift that would be to the world? It's not gonna happen. Why Dr. Mattei is so pessimistic? Why is it not gonna happen? Because we're all of us too attached to social role and social expectation. And…
…I'd like to invite Rachel, who is part of our UPIAH community here, one of our residents. Rachel. Hey, thank you. Dr. Mattei, I have a question concerning what the research shows about specific treatment modalities for addiction. I have a daughter who's 22…
…to do the same thing. Can you imagine what a gift that would be to the world? It's not going to happen. Why Dr. Mattei is so pessimistic? Why is it not going to happen? Because we're all of us too attached to social role and social expectation.…
…immediately disproves Dr. Mattei's thesis that ADHD is not genetic and is due to trauma. We could stop here, end this video. Mattei is wrong. He is worse than wrong. Worse than wrong means that while you could be wrong about a particular idea, we…
…that was 13 years ago. We have even more studies. So let me just emphasize this. This review shows that not only is Dr. Mattei wrong, he is wrong 79 times in the literature. His idea has been refuted by studies of twins and adoptees regarding the role…
…we summarize all of this research? And there are many, many, many studies that I could have cited here to prove once again that Dr. Mattei and his thesis are wrong and worse than wrong. But let's kind of wrap it up here with a graphic to kind of…
…symptom severity. That's Maté's claim. I have now shown you that many, many times over across the various research studies, Mattei is wrong. There is a relationship between ADHD and adverse childhood experiences, but one cannot conclude that those adverse…
…most individuals. So you see, it's a heck of a lot more complicated than the simplistic ideas being promoted by Dr. Mattei. Now, more importantly, Dr. Mattei completely overlooks what is now becoming a well-established set of relationships here that further…
…it's a heck of a lot more complicated than the simplistic ideas being promoted by Dr. Mattei. Now, more importantly, Dr. Mattei completely overlooks what is now becoming a well-established set of relationships here that further adds to our understanding of…
…all of which conspire to create a family environment that could be leading to more adverse events. So that's a link that Dr. Mattei does not talk about at all, but which the research literature is continuing to affirm. So do you see how complicated…
…much more complex picture than the thesis of Dr. Mattei's. Now, one final comment here. Let's look at what Dr. Mattei is inferring. Who is supposedly creating these adverse childhood traumatic experiences that are supposedly, according to him, causing ADHD?…
…anyway, we like to pick on mothers more than fathers since they continue to carry a heavier burden of childcare. So indirectly, what Mattei is doing is what Bruno Bettelheim did 50 to 60 years ago for autism and what researchers in ADHD were doing 50…
…particularly inattention, but it doesn't cause them de novo. So thanks for joining me for this. I hope you can see why. Dr. Mattei is worse than wrong when it comes to his thesis about ADHD arising from childhood adversity. So hope to see you again…
…diabetes, multiple sclerosis and arthritis. Speaking to us this time from Vancouver—it was actually during the Vancouver Olympics—Dr. Mattei began by explaining his analysis of the mind-body connection. You know, the traditional medicines of China for 3,000…