![]() The book explores the many newer therapies that are available to modern psychiatrists. However, van der Kolk was open to more unorthodox approaches and willing to explore options. Even when the evidence showed this wasn’t the case, many medical professionals were slow to look at other less convenient therapies. When psychiatric drugs were first discovered, they were seen as the panacea for all mental health problems. ![]() ![]() These therapies were revolutionary when first discovered and many were helped, but others were not. He begins by explaining the benefits and disadvantages of the oldest known therapies for trauma: talk therapy (psychotherapy) and psychiatric drugs. van der Kolk focuses on the ongoing effects of trauma on the mind, brain and body. The subject matter is complex as trauma comes in many different forms - child abuse, domestic violence, and suffering as the result of war, natural disasters and traffic accidents. He has authored several books and numerous scientific articles. ![]() He was a professor of psychiatry at Boston University Medical School and later founded a trauma center in Boston. The author, Bessel van der Kolk, has spent 30 years researching, studying and speaking with people who have been deeply affected by trauma. The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma is a thought-provoking book about the ongoing effects of trauma. ![]() The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma ![]()
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