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AUDIO impacts of the psychosocial environment from Dr. Gabor Mate

Listened to a lecture on the radio tonight by Dr. Gabor Mate, a medical doctor who specializes in addiction and child development. He illustrates the connection between social, economic, and political (non-individual) stresses with psychological and physical diseases such as addiction and diabetes, citing every claim with current medical studies. It comes down to how one's psychosocial environment empowers or oppresses an individual with control, meaning it's not my fault or your fault, but rather the fault of us all..

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