Dr. Gabor Mate on the Stress-Disease Connection, Addiction and the Destruction of American Childhood - 59 min video

Excellent episode featuring ACEsConnection member Dr. Gabor Mate and all the research we're interested in! Must-watch!

"Today, a Democracy Now! special with the Canadian physician and bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté. From disease to addiction, parenting to attention deficit disorder, Maté’s work focuses on the centrality of early childhood experiences to the development of the brain, and how those experiences can impact everything from behavioral patterns to physical and mental illness. While the relationship between emotional stress and disease, and mental and physical health more broadly, is often considered controversial within medical orthodoxy, Maté argues too many doctors seem to have forgotten what was once a commonplace assumption, that emotions are deeply implicated in both the development of illness, addictions and disorders, and in their healing...."

http://truth-out.org/news/item/13560-dr-gabor-mate-on-the-stress-disease-connection-addiction-and-the-destruction-of-american-childhood

FYI, he mentions the ACE Study at approx. 54 mins in. Also, he mentions Dr. Daniel Siegel's work "Interpersonal Neurobiology." (see our Video section for some of Dr. Siegel's presentations)

Video is 59 mins. Includes transcript.