Trauma Center Treatment Outcome Research

• School-Based Mental Health Intervention for Children Affected by Political Violence in Indonesia: A Cluster Randomized Trial
  Tol, Komproe, Susanty, Jordans, Macy, De Jong, 2008, JAMA, pp. 655-662
• Clinical Implications of Neuroscience Research in PTSD
  van der Kolk, 2006, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, pp. 1-17

• A Randomized Clinical Trial of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocession (EMDR), Fluoxetine, and Pill Placebo in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Treatment Effects and Long-Term Maintence
  van der Kolk, Spinazzola, Blaustein, Hopper, Hopper, Korn, Simpson. (2007), Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 68
• Evaluation of a Theater-Based Youth Violence Prevention Program for Elementary School Children
  Kisiel, Blaustein, Spinazzola, Schmidt, Zucker, van der Kolk (2006), Journal of School Violence, Vol. 5 (2), pp. 19-36

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

• Disorders of Extreme Stress: The Empirical Foundation of a Complex Adaptation to Trauma, Journal of Traumatic Stress
  van der Kolk, Roth, Pelcovitz, Sunday, and Spinazzola, 2005, , Vol. 18, No. 5, October 2005, pp. 389–399
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Outcome Research: The Study of Unrepresentative Samples
  Spinazzola, Margaret Blaustein, and van der Kolk, 2005, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 18, No. 5, October 2005, pp. 425–436
• Phenomenology and Psychological Assessment of Complex Posttraumatic States
  Briere and Spinazzola, 2005, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 18, No. 5, October 2005, pp. 401–412

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

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

• Child Abuse & Victimization
  van der Kolk, 2005, Psychiatric Annals, pp. 374-378.
• Developmental Trauma Disorder
  van der Kolk, 2005, Psychiatric Annals, pp. 401-408.
• Complex Trauma in Children & Adolescents
  Cook, Spinazzola, Ford, Lanktree, Blaustein, Cloitre, DeRosa, Hubbard, Kagan, Mallah, Olafson, van der Kolk, 2005, Psychiatric Annals, pp. 390-398.
• Attachment, Self-Regulation & Competency
  Kinniburgh, Blaustein, Spinazzola & van der Kolk, 2005, Psychiatric Annals, pp. 424-430.
• Survey Evaluates Complex Trauma Exposure, Outcome and Intervention Among Children & Adolescents
  Spinazzola, Ford, Zucker, van der Kolk, Silva, Smith, Blaustein, 2005, Psychiatric Annals, pp. 433-439.

Other Recent Articles

• Yoga Therapy in Practice: Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: Principles, Practice, and Research
  Emerson, D., Sharma, R., Chaudry, S., Turner, J., International Journal of Yoga Therapy, No. 19 (2009), pp. 123-128
• Yoga and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Interview with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
  Integral Yoga Magazine (2009), pp. 12-13
• Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Complex Trauma
  Gabowitz, D., Zucker, M., Cook, A. (2008), Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 1:163-178
• "I Keep That Hush-Hush": Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and the Challenges of Disclosure
  Sorsoli, L., Kia-Keating, M., Grossman, F. (2008), Journal of Counseling Psychology, Vol. 55 No. 3, 333-345
• The Responses to Script-Driven Imagery Scale (RSDI): Assessment of State Posttraumatic Symptoms for Psychobiological and Treatment Research
  Hopper, J., Frewen, P., Sack, M., Lanius R., van der Kolk, B. (2007), Journal of Behavioral Assessment, 29:249-268
• Neural Correlates of Reexperiencing, Avoidance, and Dissociation in PTSD: Symptom Dimensions and Emotion Dysregulation in Responses to Script-Driven Trauma Imagery
  Hopper, J., Frewen, P., van der Kolk, B., Lanius, R. (2007), Journal of Traumatic Stress, pp. 713-725
• Developmental Trauma Disorder: A New Diagnosis for Children Affected by Complex Trauma
  Stolbach, B. (2007), International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation News, Vol. 25 No.6, pp. 4-6
• Intervention Beyond the Child: The Intertwining Nature of Attachment and Trauma
  Blaustein, M., Kinniburgh, K. (2007), British Psychological Society, Briefing Paper 26, 48-53
• Remembering The Collective Body: A Dynamic Understanding of Attunement and Healing
  Johnson-Macy, Dicki (2007), Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism and Practice, Issue 12, Summer 2007
• A New Diagnosis for Childhood Trauma?
  DeAngelis, Tori (2007), Monitor on Psychology, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 32.
• Developmental Trauma Merits DSM Diagnosis, Experts Say
  Mark Moran (2007), Psychiatry News, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 20.
• Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents
  Cook, A., Spinazzola, J., Ford, J., Lanktree, C., Balustein, M., Sprague, C., Cloitre, M., DeRosa, R., Hubbard, R., Kagan, R., Liautaud, J., Karen, M., Olafson, E., van der Kolk, B., (2007), Focal Point.
• Resiliency Factors in the Relation Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adulthood Sexual Assault in College-Age Women
  Walsh, K., Blaustein, M., Grant Knight, W., van der Kolk, B.A. (2007), Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1-17.
• A Gale Force Wind: Meaning Making by Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  Grossman, Sorsoli, Kia-Keating (2006), American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 76, No. 4, 434-443.
• Dissociative symptomatology in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Disorders of Extreme Stress
  Zucker, M., Spinazzola, J., Blaustein, M., & van der Kolk, B.A. (2006), Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 7(1), pp. 19-31.
• Preliminary Evidence of Parasympathetic Influence on Basal Heart Rate in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  J. Hopper, Spinazzola, Simpson, van der Kolk (2006), Journal of Psychosomatic Research 60, pp. 83– 90
• Child Complex Trauma in Toddlers and School-Aged Children, National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association
  Stubblefield-Tave, Janice (2005)
• The Neurobiology of Childhood Trauma and Abuse
  van der Kolk, MD (2003), Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, 12, pp. 293 - 317
• Community-Based, Acute Posttraumatic Stress Management: A Description and Evaluation of a Psychosocial-Intervention Continuum
  Robert D. Macy, PhD, Lenore Behar, PhD, Robert Paulson, PhD, Jon Delman, JD, MPH, Lisa Schmid, MPH, and Stefanie F. Smith, PhD (2004), Harvard Review Psychiatry;12 (4) pp.217–228
• Containing and Resisting Masculinity: Narratives of Renegotiation Among Resilient Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  Kia-Keating, Grossman, Sorsoli, Epstein (2005), Psychology of Men & Masculinity , 6 (3) pp. 169-185
• The Limits of Talk: Bessel van der Kolk Wants to Transform the Treatment of Trauma Psychotherapy Networker
  Sykes Wylie, M. (2004), 28 (1) pp. 30-41.
• In Terror's Grip: Healing the Ravages of Trauma.
  van der Kolk, B. A. (2002). Cerebrum, 4, pp. 34-50. NY: The Dana Foundation.
• The Assessment and Treatment of Complex PTSD
  van der Kolk, B. A. (2002). In R. Yehuda (Editor) Treating Trauma Survivors with PTSD,. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc.

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.

• Complex Trauma and Disorders of Extreme Stress (DESNOS) Diagnosis, Part I: Assessment.
  Luxenberg, T., Spinazzola, J., & van der Kolk, B. A. (2001). Directions in Psychiatry, 21, pp. 373-393. Long Island City, NY: The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd.
• Complex Trauma and Disorders of Extreme Stress (DESNOS) Diagnosis, Part II: Treatment
  Luxenberg, T., Spinazzola, J., Hidalgo, J., Hunt, C., & van der Kolk, B. A. (2001). Directions in Psychiatry, 21, pp. 395-415. Long Island City, NY: The Hatherleigh Company, Ltd.

Classic Articles

• The Body Keeps the Score: Memory and the Emerging Psychobiology of Post Traumatic Stress.
  van der Kolk, B.A. (1994), Harvard Review of Psychiatry, 1, pp. 253-265.
• Dissociation and the Fragmentary Nature of Traumatic Memories: Overview and Exploratory Study
  van der Kolk, B.A. & Fisler, R. (1995), Journal of Traumatic Stress, 8, pp. 505-525.
• Dissociation, Somatization, and Affect Dysregulation: The Complexity of Adaptation of Trauma
  van der Kolk, B.A., Pelcovitz, D., Roth, S., Mandel, F.S., McFarlane, A., & Herman, J.L. (1996). American Journal of Psychiatry, 153(Suppl), pp. 83-93.
• Exploring the Nature of Traumatic Memory: Combining Clinical Knowledge with Laboratory Methods.
  van der Kolk, B. A., Hopper, J. W., & Osterman, J. E. (2001). Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, 4, 9-31; and Freyd, J. F., & DePrince, A. P. (Editors). Trauma and Cognitive Science (pp. 9-31). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
• Retrieving, Assessing, and Classifying Traumatic Memories: A Preliminary Report on Three Case Studies of a New Standardized Method
  Hopper, J. W., & van der Kolk, B. A. (2001). Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment, & Trauma, 4, pp. 33-71; and Freyd, J. F., & DePrince, A. P. (Editors). Trauma and Cognitive Science (pp. 33-71). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
• The book Traumatic Stress
  Bessel A. van der Kolk, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Lars Weisaeth, Editors.