Disorders of extreme stress: The empirical foundation of a complex adaptation to trauma

A. van der Kolk, Bessel; Roth, Susan; Pelcovitz, David; Sunday, Susanne; Spinazzola, Joseph

doi:10.1002/jts.20047

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Disorders of extreme stress: The empirical foundation of a complex adaptation to trauma

Published in Journal of Traumatic Stress • Jan 1, 2005

Authors:

Bessel A. van der Kolk

Susan Roth

David Pelcovitz

Abstract

Children and adults exposed to chronic interpersonal trauma consistently demonstrate psychological disturbances that are not captured in the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis. The DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994) Field Trial studied 400 treatment-seeking traumatized indiv...

Subject

Somatization

Psychology

Interpersonal communication

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