Gabor Maté || The Myth of Normal
The Psychology Podcast
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Psychological Emotional Factors Are as Important as Physical Ones in a Causation of Illness
In 1938 at harvard there was a very famous physician his name was soma wise and he said that psychological emotional factors are as important as physical ones in a causation of illness. Four years ago i'm talking to a guy who teaches at harvard right now and he said to me that until recently to talk about the mind body unity at harvard is to jeopardize your career. This is 70-80 years after soma wise made that statement to medical so it's what's frustrating here is that what we're talking about wasn't confined to the realm of physiology doctors have understood this certain doctors who understood this all along you just had their insights get lost, they don't get incorporated into
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