Tuesday, April 04, 2023

Responsibility?! What

"Women have always played that role in this patriarchal culture,” he said. “It’s a society that imposes a certain expectation on one gender."

"In New Bestseller The Myth of Normal, Gabor Maté Discusses the Rise in Trauma-Related Illnesses"

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a41171401/myth-of-normal-gabor-mate-book-review/

"Institutional inertia

Maté is frustrated with the medical profession. While there have been many scientific studies highlighting the link between trauma and illness, doctors still focus on 'biological psychiatry,' he said. 'There’s almost like a wall between science and practice. Western science has more than proved it. And we still don't practice it." A well-known Harvard psychiatrist, for instance, told Maté that 'to talk about mind-body unity is to jeopardize your career at Harvard.'"

'That’s my whole beef with my profession,' Maté said. 'We keep talking about evidence-based practice, but there’s vast evidence that’s totally ignored." He calls resistance to these ideas 'institutional inertia,' and challenges medical training, as well, to integrate them into the curriculum. If the medical profession could get on board with the evidence, Maté argues, it could help heal the effects of trauma—both at an individual and a societal level.

'Responsibility can and must be taken,' he writes."

~ Gabor Mate, Hope Reese

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