

Other than drugs, Mate believes that addiction encompasses nearly all human conducts such as eating, sex, extreme passion to sports, internet, gambling, watching TV, and many others that enslaves the brain of a person leading to physical and mental suffering. He challenges the multitude by depicting that addiction is manifested by behavioral cravings of an individual with the desire to find temporal pleasure or relief but ends up in a physical, emotional, and psychological torture (Mate p. In "Realm of Hungry Ghosts," the author strives to point out that it is a misconception to believe that substances used cause addition.

Mate`s View of Addiction Pleasure and Addiction He strives to achieve these goals through authorship and public addressing that lays a foundation on which other professionals and his target audience across North America and the rest of the world, would find a long-lasting solution to their problems. Mate does not give a temporal-fix solution to complex problems that affect the society but presents a wide personal experience as a doctor. Therefore, he enhanced his knowledge on sociological, psychological, political-economic, and physiological nature of addiction. The author took twelve years to deal with people heavily addicted to innumerable drugs that included heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine crystal. Mate was motivated to write "Realm of Hungry Ghost" based on his work as a psychiatrist at "Vancouver`s Down Eastside," where he attended to addicted patients from poverty-stricken backgrounds. Save 25% General critique to "Realm of Hungry Ghost." Therefore, this paper examines how the case histories, scientific research, and Mate understanding provide a broad spectrum that empowers and enlighten the society on how to handle complex issues that result from addiction. His contribution to this book is first hand based on his qualification and background as a psychiatrist. The "Realm of Hungry Ghost" covers various topics that are related to child development and how to address addition.

Gabor Mate is among the co-founders "Compassion for Addiction," which focuses on guiding and counseling those addicts with no aim of making a profit. He is well known for his psychiatric knowledge and works as a doctor, dealing with patients suffering from serious drug addiction, HIV, and mental illness. He is a renowned Canadian physician, author, and speaker, born on January 6, 1944, in Hungary. Gabor Mate qualifies to write the book "Realm of Hungry Ghost" based on his devoted life to work with the addicted women and men in British Colombia.
