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What is Trauma?

Posted in Los Angeles County Psychological Association, PTSD, diagnosis, research, trauma, van der Kolk on October 24, 2007 | No Comments »

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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The Trauma of Bessel van der Kolk

Posted in EMDR, Los Angeles County Psychological Association, PTSD, trauma, van der Kolk on October 22, 2007 | No Comments »

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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