Future of Health Series: Author and physician Gabor Maté discusses "Understanding Addiction"
Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:30-9 p.m. Town Hall Seattle, Downstairs (enter on Seneca Street) 1119 Eighth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 Directions and parking Tickets: $5
Bastyr University is pleased to continue our sponsorship of the "Future of Health" lectures, a series of talks with notable experts discussing a wide range of emerging health issues from global policy to personal health. The following is the next lecture in the series:
Bestselling writer and physician Gabor Maté (author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts) has worked extensively with the severely addicted on Vancouver’s Skid Row. He explains the phenomenon of addiction by describing its root causes — a complex interplay of personal history, emotional and neurological development, brain chemistry, and Western culture. Maté will help those of us who know an addict, or have experienced addiction, gain a better understanding of the void addiction attempts to fill and how to address it.
Tickets can be purchased at brownpapertickets.com, by calling (800) 838-3006, or at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
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Bastyr University, located north of Seattle, Washington, is an accredited institution, internationally recognized as a pioneer in natural medicine. Bastyr is the largest university for natural health arts and sciences in the U.S., combining a multidisciplinary curriculum with leading-edge research and clinical training to educate future leaders in fields such as naturopathic medicine, acupuncture and Oriental medicine, and whole food nutrition. Founded in 1978 as the John Bastyr College of Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr University now offers more than 15 accredited degree and certificate programs. Bastyr was the nation's first natural health arts and sciences university to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Bastyr University Research Institute plays a key role in the growth of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research. The University's teaching clinic, Bastyr Center for Natural Health, offers quality natural health care to the greater Seattle community while providing essential clinical training for students. For additional information about Bastyr University and its teaching clinic, Bastyr Center for Natural Health, visit
www.bastyr.edu or www.bastyrcenter.org.
