{"id":25136,"date":"2011-11-03T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=25136"},"modified":"2011-11-03T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-03T17:29:00","slug":"gabor-mate-addresses-mental-illness-addiction-and-more-through-lens-of-biology-and-social-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2011\/11\/03\/gabor-mate-addresses-mental-illness-addiction-and-more-through-lens-of-biology-and-social-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabor Mate Addresses Mental Illness, Addiction, and More Through Lens of Biology and Social Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-110311\/2011_11_03_uprising.mp3\">Listen to the entire program<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=50% src=\"\/home\/graphics\/GaborMate_slider_400x280px.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/>Opiate addicts in recovery in Maine could find themselves racing against the clock to beat their addiction before health insurance coverage for their treatment ends. The Maine Morning Sentinel reported yesterday that officials of the state&#8217;s Medicaid and MaineCare programs have proposed capping prescription drug and counseling services at two years. The move would save the state over $780,000 dollars in 2013, but would hit the state during an epidemic of addiction to painkillers. A Sentinel editorial opposing the cuts to addiction treatment programs predicted the result, &#8220;would be a self-defeating exercise that could end up costing much more than the short term budget savings.&#8221; Drug use remains controversial in the US, and addicts are stigmatized and often considered unworthy of help. However there is a growing movement for compassionate models of addiction treatment, and the approach has a strong advocate in physician and best selling author Dr. Gabor Mate. After a career including 20 years as a family doctor,  Dr. Gabor Mate spent 12 years as a physician in Vancouver Canada&#8217;s downtown Eastside, notorious for its highly addicted population of indigent and transient residents. His experience with this complex population is chronicled in his best selling book, &#8220;In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction.&#8221; Dr. Mate makes a convincing case that without abandoning medical treatment, the social and inter-personal basis for disease, from addiction to attention deficit disorders, must be examined and understood to effectively treat, and prevent them. Dr. Mate&#8217;s medical expertise combined with a rare kindness, humor, and intellect have made his books bestsellers. He is now a much sought after speaker on health, and he is coming to Los Angeles to give a talk tailored for the KPFK audience.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Gabor Mate is the best-selling author of 4 books, including In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction. Based in Canada, Dr. Mat\u00e9 ran a popular family practice in East Vancouver for two decades. For seven years he also served as Medical Co-ordinator of the Palliative Care Unit at Vancouver Hospital, caring for the terminally ill. More recently he worked for twelve years in Vancouver\u2019s notorious Downtown Eastside neighbourhood with patients suffering from hardcore drug addiction, mental illness and HIV. In 2009 Dr. Mat\u00e9 received an Outstanding Alumnus Award from Simon Fraser University, and has recently been appointed Adjunct Professor in SFU\u2019s School of Criminology. In 2011 he will receive an Honorary Degree from the University of Northern British Columbia.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gabor Mate will be speaking on Wednesday November 30th at 7 pm at the Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Los Angeles in an event presented by Uprising Media. All proceeds benefit KPFK. <\/p>\n<p><em>NOTE: The Metro Red and Purple lines have a stop (Wilshire\/Vermont) just blocks from the Immanuel Presbyterian Church.<\/em><br \/>\nTickets are $12.50 each ($25 a pair) for General Admission at 7 pm and $50 each ($100 a pair) for the pre-event reception plus preferred admission at 6 pm.<\/p>\n<p>Purchase tickets here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brownpapertickets.com\/event\/206521\">http:\/\/www.brownpapertickets.com\/event\/206521<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opiate addicts in recovery in Maine could find themselves racing against the clock to beat their addiction before health insurance coverage for their treatment ends. The Maine Morning Sentinel reported yesterday that officials of the state&#8217;s Medicaid and MaineCare programs have proposed capping prescription drug and counseling services at two years. 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