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Archive for October, 2007

Returning Vietnam veterans.
When Bessel van der Kolk was at the Veteran’s Administration (VA) in 1978, he was one of many clinicians fascinated by the complaints of returning Vietnam veterans. At the time, there was no definition of trauma related to combat, rape, involvement in fatal accidents — none whatsoever. When van der Kolk submitted [...]

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Renowned trauma expert.
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., internationally renowned trauma expert, spoke at the Los Angeles County Psychological Association (LACPA) convention this past Saturday. It was an engaging and thought provoking presentation. His seminal article “The Body Keeps the Score: Memory and the Evolving Psychobiology of Post-Traumatic Stress“(1994) caught the attention of both clinicians and [...]

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Blog Action Day

Here are some links for [the day after!] Blog Action Day. I must admit this is not my original post, which seems to have been eaten by my dog, or something.

Treehugger - Easily the best environmental blog on the web, Treehugger has a great section called How to Go Green as well as tons of [...]

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Old Media, New Media.
Just a reminder that Blog Action Day is Monday, October 15 — just a handful of days away, at this writing. I’m compiling a list of environmentally conscious links for the occasion. The probably too-long post likely highlights my old-media bias — at least in terms of presentation. On that topic, an [...]

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