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The Myth of Normal

by Gabor Maté, MD

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Book of the Day, NPR · December 28, 2022

'The Myth of Normal' explores why depression and illness rates are rising in the U.S.

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Physician Gabor Maté argues that rising rates of depression, suicide, overdoses, and school shootings in the U.S. are not unrelated statistics but consequences of a toxic culture, examining capitalism's role in this new 'normal' and exploring pathways to societal healing.

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