Trauma Center Publications

Provided below are links to pre-print and publication versions of recent and classic research and clinical publications by Bessel van der Kolk and his colleagues from the Trauma Center. Unless otherwise specified, these manuscripts may be downloaded or printed for individual use, as well as limited group distribution in the context of classroom teaching in recognized undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate education settings. All other forms of bulk distribution or reproduction, including posting of these articles on public or private websites, is strictly prohibited. Sale of these publications is strictly prohibited. Unless otherwise specified within the body of a particular publication, all requests for article reproduction, including in edited books, educational syllabi packets, or web-based compendia, should be directed to Dr. Joseph Spinazzola, Executive Director of the Trauma Center: jspinazzola@jri.org.

Developmental Trauma Disorder

Trauma Center Treatment Outcome Research

Articles Featured in the Journal of Traumatic Stress
Special Issue on Complex Trauma

Articles Featured in the Psychiatric Annals
Special Issue on Child Complex Trauma

Unfortunately, the publisher of Psychiatric Annals, Slack Incorporate, does not allow us to post electronic reprints of the final publication versions of these important papers. To ORDER a single copy of the entire issue containing these five articles, as well as two additional articles on the neurobiology and treatment of complex trauma by our colleagues Glenn Saxe and Julian Ford, click here. Follow instructions for purchasing a Single Copy subscription for the May 2005 issue of Psychiatric Annals. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Unformatted, preprint copies of each of these articles may be downloaded directly from our website.

Yoga Articles

Other Recent Articles

The following two articles (in one PDF file) can be used to earn continuing medical education (CME) credits through The Hatherleigh Company. They are Lesson Numbers 25 & 26 from Directions in Psychiatry, 2001, Volume 21.

Classic Articles

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