JBFCS Trauma Workgroup

 

In support of an ongoing JBFCS workgroup on trauma, this page makes available resources that are relevant to Dr. van der Kolk's work on traumatic stress.  This space may be used for other communications purposes in the future.

 

 

Articles by Bessel van der Kolk available on the web

 

van der Kolk, B. A. (1994). The body keeps the score: Memory and the evolving psychobiology of PTSD. Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 1, 253-265. 
A brief summary/review of this article is available on David Baldwin's Trauma Info Pages.

 

van der Kolk, B. A., & Fisler, R. (1995). Dissociation and the fragmentary nature of traumatic memories: Overview and exploratory study. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8, 505-525. 

    A brief summary/review of this article is available on David Baldwin's Trauma Info Pages.

 

van der Kolk, van der Hart & Burbridge (1995)  Approaches to the Treatment of PTSD.  In S. Hobfoll & M. de Vries (Eds.). 

    A brief summary/review of this article is available on David Baldwin's Trauma Info Pages.

 

 

In addition, here is a listing of 57 articles/chapters written or co-authored by Dr. van der Kolk.  A longer list with abstracts is also available.