Agree with other responses. Maté's book, as his other works, resonates intuively - a humanistic shout in this cold and sick world.
Things are however more complex. He gets a lot of publicity, eg with recent Joe Rogan interview clips on the topic being spammed to me by YouTube's rec engines. Mental health issues are something that many people take intellectually lazy stances, to one direction or another, and this is somewhat worrying.
This book is 20 years old. I'd imagine the scientific & clinical understanding of ADHD has progressed since. Opposing views are of course important for progression, but I'd like to understand his thinking in wider context of psychiatry. Would be interesting to see a dissection of his ADHD points, carried out in a rigorous way.
Things are however more complex. He gets a lot of publicity, eg with recent Joe Rogan interview clips on the topic being spammed to me by YouTube's rec engines. Mental health issues are something that many people take intellectually lazy stances, to one direction or another, and this is somewhat worrying.
This book is 20 years old. I'd imagine the scientific & clinical understanding of ADHD has progressed since. Opposing views are of course important for progression, but I'd like to understand his thinking in wider context of psychiatry. Would be interesting to see a dissection of his ADHD points, carried out in a rigorous way.