![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He started his career working with Vietnam war veterans who experienced symptoms of PTSD. Part 1 is an account of how Bessel van der Kolk started researching traumas and it is almost an account of how the field of trauma studies and trauma research evolved to what it is today. Per part of the book, we will give an overview of the main aspects dealt with. He advocates multidisciplinary cooperation within communities, the same way he works with different professionals from around the world and at the NCTSN. He uses many real-life examples (fully anonymously of course to protect the identities of the families). He is also the founder of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), which is a network of organisations and professionals in many different sectors of society that specialise in treating traumatised children and their families all over the US.Īlthough the introduction of his book feels like a curriculum vitae, it is very relevant to understand Van der Kolk’s work and the way he chose to present his ideas and arguments. Since having been published in 2014, the book has become a best-seller and is one of the most prominent books about the effects of trauma on the biopsychosocial level, both for the person and for the society as a whole. In this blog, we will review a book by Bessel van der Kolk, a (Dutch-born) psychiatrist, researcher and author of the book, among others, ‘The Body Keeps the Score’. ![]()
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