The body keeps the score : mind, brain and body in the transformation of trauma / Bessel Van der Kolk.
By: Van der Kolk, Bessel A [author]
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin Books, 2015Copyright date: ©2014Description: viii, 443 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780141978611 (paperback).Subject(s): Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment | Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Physiology, PathologicalDDC classification: 616.8521 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD
'Dr. van der Kolk's masterpiece combines the boundless curiosity of the scientist, the erudition of the scholar, and the passion of the truth teller' Judith Herman, author of Trauma and Recovery
The effects of trauma can be devastating for sufferers, their families and future generations. Here one of the world's experts on traumatic stress offers a bold new paradigm for treatment, moving away from standard talking and drug therapies and towards an alternative approach that heals mind, brain and body.
'Fascinating, hard to put down, and filled with powerful case histories. . . . the most important series of breakthroughs in mental health in the last thirty years' Norman Doidge, author of The Brain that Changes Itself
'An astonishing and important book. The trauma Bible. I cannot recommend it enough for anyone struggling with...well...anything' Tara Westover
The Body Keeps Score has sold over 3 million copies since publication [Circana BookScan, April 2024]
Sunday Times (UK) and New York Times (USA) bestseller, March 2024
Bibliography: (pages 367- 421) and index.
Facing trauma -- The rediscovery of trauma. Lessons from Vietnam veterans ; Revolutions in understanding mind and brain ; Looking into the brain : the neuroscience revolution -- This is your brain on trauma. Running for your life: the anatomy of survival ; Body-brain connections ; Losing your body, losing your self -- The minds of children. Getting on the same wavelength: attachment and attunement ; Trapped in relationships: the cost of abuse and neglect ; What's love got to do with it? ; Developmental trauma: the hidden epidemic -- The imprint of trauma. Uncovering secrets: the problem of traumatic memory ; The unbearable heaviness of remembering -- Paths to recovery. Healing from trauma: owning your self ; Language: miracle and tyranny ; Letting go of the past: EMDR ; Learning to inhabit your body: yoga ; Putting the pieces together: self-leadership ; Filling in the holes: creating structures ; Rewiring the brain: neurofeedback ; Finding your voice: communal rhythms and theater -- Choices to be made -- Consensus proposed criteria for developmental trauma disorder.
CIT Module PSYC 7007 - Core reading.
CIT Module EDUC 7001 - Core reading.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Bessel van der Kolk M.D. has been active as a clinician, researcher and teacher in the area of posttraumatic stress and related phenomena since the 1970s. He was co-principal investigator of the DSM IV Field Trials for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. His current research is on how trauma affects memory processes and brain imaging studies of PTSD. He has written or co-written several books including Psychological Trauma, Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society, and The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma.(Bowker Author Biography)