As someone in the line of work where trauma is an everyday occurrence, I found van der
Kolk's book on the imprint effects of trauma on the mind and body to be a welcome addition …

The objective of the present article was to examine the mediational significance of
peritraumatic dissociation in the relationship between peritraumatic distress and …

Abnormalities within body experience are considered one of the consequences of trauma
(Cole, Putnam, 1992; Herman, 2003; van der Kolk, 2003). They involve such diverse …

Tonic immobility is an involuntary, last-ditch defensive reaction characterized by physical
inactivity in a context of inescapable threat that has been described in many species …

Persons with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) spontaneously recalled the traumatic
event that led to their condition from either a field or an observer vantage point. In the former …

Studies suggest that frontal alpha asymmetry is closely linked to psychological adjustment
following stressful experiences, such that more left‐sided frontal activation during symptom …

Current theories of psychological trauma assume that posttraumatic symptoms originate
from stress reactions caused by extremely adverse life experiences. Since the diagnosis of …

A century of clinical observations and literature has repeatedly noted that trauma responses
occur in across a spectrum and on a continuum of severity. The existing, DSMIV trauma …

Despite the fact that we have been studying posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since at
least the late 1800s, it remains prevalent and, in many cases intractable. Merleau-Ponty and …

Frewen and Lanius (in press) recently articulated a 4-D model as a framework for classifying
symptoms of posttraumatic stress into those that potentially occur within normal waking …