Robert Maunder and Jonathan Hunter - Damaged: Childhood Trauma, Adult Illness, and the Need for a Health Care Revolution

I have been pining for this book and Maunder and Hunter did not disappoint. Damagedis about a wounded soul whose story you must keep reading. Maunder and Hunter find the love in a patient that many of our colleagues would label difficult. They connect the dots that link strength and vulnerability and those that join the psychological to the physical. With skill and humility, they tell a story about every one of us.

Dr. Brian Goldman, emergency physician, host of CBCs White Coat, Black Art, and author of The Power of Kindness: Why Empathy is Essential in Everyday Life

This book is dynamite! Damaged is a bold and profoundly important story of two doctors and of one mans monumental struggle. You will find yourself and your family, friends, and co-workers in this phenomenal read. So often the health care system fails the most vulnerable people when it comes to mental health. Maunder and Hunter show not only how the system fails, but the revolution it will take to not just improve, but reengineer a structure of care that truly helps people heal. The vividly clear connection between early childhood trauma and adult physical and mental health issues is an education we all need. This story is a powerful example of whats possible. You will see that we can all contribute, and demand the revolution needed to make things better for everyone.

Clara Hughes, OC, OM, six-time Olympic medalist, and founding spokesperson for Bell Lets Talk

This narrative is the best teaching tool that Ive ever read. The story of Isaac and his therapist, Bob, is more than a model demonstrating the intensity and challenge of providing psychotherapy. The account is humane and transparent and owns the errors in establishing the bonds of trust that enable Isaac to heal over time. It also recounts the remarkable thirty-year relationship of mutual support and reflection shared by two psychiatrists, and of the trials and joys they experience with their patients. The authors appeal for societal activism on issues of racism, poverty, trauma-based therapy, accessibility, and accountability the myriad of social injustices that we all tolerate. This is their call for a revolution in care.

Dr. Jean Marmoreo, author and advocate for elders, end-of-life, and medical assistance in dying

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Title: Damaged : childhood trauma, adult illness, and the need for a health care
revolution / Robert Maunder, MD, and Jonathan Hunter, MD.

Names: Maunder, Bob (Bob G.), author. | Hunter, Jon, 1958 author.

Description: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210206772 | Canadiana (ebook) 2021020687X |
ISBN 9781487528348 (cloth) | ISBN 9781487528379 (EPUB) |
ISBN 9781487528362 (PDF)

Subjects: LCSH: Psychotherapist and patient. | LCSH: Adult child abuse victims
Mental health. | LCSH: Child abuse Psychological aspects. | LCSH: Psychic
trauma.

Classification: LCC RC480.8 .M38 2021 | DDC 616.89/14dc23

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We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario, for our publishing activities.

I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
W.B. Yeats
To all the people who raised me, as a child and as an adult, with grace, security, and love.
Jon
For my parents, my children, and Lynn, who have kept me whole.