Bessel A. van der KolkBessel A. van der Kolk, M.D., is Director of the Trauma Center at Human Resources Institute in Boston Massachusetts, a center for the treatment and study of traumatized children and adults. He is an Associate Professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the past President of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies. He has done extensive research on developmental and biological aspects of the human adaptation to trauma, including studying the nature of traumatic memories. He was co-principal investigator for the DSM-IV Field Trial for PTSD. He is the author of two previous books on the human response to trauma: PTSD: Psychological and Biological Sequelae (1984) and Psychological Trauma, (APA Press, 1987). |
All titles by Bessel A. van der Kolk:
Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and SocietyEdited by Bessel A. van der Kolk, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Lars Weisaeth
