Research Catalog

Title

The trauma spectrum : hidden wounds and human resiliency / Robert Scaer.

Author

Scaer, Robert C.

Publication

New York : Norton, 2005.

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Details

Description

xviii, 308 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

A neurologist's view of our response to trauma.: Our experiences of trauma sow the seeds of many persistent and misunderstood medical problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome and various maladies of the immune system. Because of our inadequate understanding of the relationship of mind and body in processing these traumas, many of us suffer needlessly from our exposure to life's traumas. Robert Scaer offers hope to those who wish to transform trauma and better understand their lives.

Subject

• Psychic trauma
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic > physiopathology
• Stress Disorders, Traumatic > psychology
• Psychophysiologic Disorders > physiopathology
• Stress, Psychological > physiopathology
• Wounds and Injuries > psychology
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Posttraumatische stressstoornis

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-298) and index.

Contents

Trauma and meaning -- I: Brain mechanisms and trauma -- The brain/mind/body continuum -- How the brain helps us to survive -- Trauma as imprisonment of the mind -- Genes, experience, and behavior -- II: The trauma spectrum -- Preverbal trauma -- The spectrum of societal trauma: from neglect to violence -- The trauma of illness and its treatment -- III: Trauma in health and disease -- Somatic dissociation: conversion hysteria, stigmata, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy -- Diseases of stress and trauma -- Healing trauma and the power of the human spirit -- Understanding your life.

ISBN

• 0393704661
• 9780393704662

LCCN

2005047298

OCLC

• ocm58828676
• 58828676
• SCSB-9811535

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library