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The body bears the burden : trauma, dissociation, and disease / Robert C. Scaer.

By: Publication details: New York : Haworth Medical Press, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxvi, 275 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780789033352
  • 9780789033345
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 616.85/21 22
LOC classification:
  • RC552.P67 S2236 2007
Contents:
Concepts of traumatization : the role of boundaries -- Trauma, instinct, and the brain : the fight/flight/freeze response -- The whiplash syndrome I : symptoms in search of a meaning -- The whiplash syndrome II : a model of the brain in trauma -- Trauma and brain plasticity -- Somatic dissociation -- Diseases of traumatic stress -- Trauma reenactment -- Sources of trauma -- Trauma therapy : essential ingredients -- Case histories : the somatic spectrum of trauma.
Review: "Using the clinical model ofthe whiplash syndrome, this groundbreaking book describes the alterations in brain chemistry and function induced in individuals by traumatic stress ortraumatization-experiencing a life-threatening event while in astate ofhelplessness. The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease, Second Edition is impressive empirical evidence that body, brain, and mind are acontinuum and presents a powerful new paradigm to medical and mental health professionals, as well as new hope to sufferers from trauma."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book Book MHERC PTSD 616.85/21 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Using the clinical model ofthe whiplash syndrome, this groundbreaking book describes the alterations in brain chemistry and function induced in individuals by traumatic stress ortraumatization-experiencing a life-threatening event while in astate ofhelplessness. The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease, Second Edition is impressive empirical evidence that body, brain, and mind are acontinuum and presents a powerful new paradigm to medical and mental health professionals, as well as new hope to sufferers from trauma. A41294404
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concepts of traumatization : the role of boundaries -- Trauma, instinct, and the brain : the fight/flight/freeze response -- The whiplash syndrome I : symptoms in search of a meaning -- The whiplash syndrome II : a model of the brain in trauma -- Trauma and brain plasticity -- Somatic dissociation -- Diseases of traumatic stress -- Trauma reenactment -- Sources of trauma -- Trauma therapy : essential ingredients -- Case histories : the somatic spectrum of trauma.

"Using the clinical model ofthe whiplash syndrome, this groundbreaking book describes the alterations in brain chemistry and function induced in individuals by traumatic stress ortraumatization-experiencing a life-threatening event while in astate ofhelplessness. The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease, Second Edition is impressive empirical evidence that body, brain, and mind are acontinuum and presents a powerful new paradigm to medical and mental health professionals, as well as new hope to sufferers from trauma."--BOOK JACKET.