Developmental Trauma Disorder

• NEW!The Heart of the Matter: Complex Trauma in Child Welfare
  Spinazzola, J., Habib, M., Knoverek A., Arvidson, J., Nisenbaum, J., Wentworth, R., Hodgdon, H., Pond, A., Kisiel, C., CW360 Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice-Winter 2013, CASCS, University of Minnesota, pp. 8-9, 37.
• NEW! Understanding Interpersonal Trauma in Children: Why We Need a Developmentally Appropriate Trauma Diagnosis
  D'Andrea, W., Ford, J., Stolbach, B., Spinazzola, J., van der Kolk, B., 2012, Vol. 82, No.2, 187-200.
• Developmental Trauma Disorder
  van der Kolk, 2005, Psychiatric Annals, pp. 401-408.
• 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
• A Developmental Approach to Complex PTSD: Childhood and Adult Cumulative Trauma as Predictors of Symptom Complexity
  Cloitre, M., Stolbach, B., Herman, J., van der Kolk, B., Pynoos, R., Wang, J., Petkova, E., Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 00. No. 0, 2009, pp. 1-10
• Developmental Trauma Merits DSM Diagnosis, Experts Say
  Mark Moran (2007), Psychiatry News, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 20.
• A New Diagnosis for Childhood Trauma?
  DeAngelis, Tori (2007), Monitor on Psychology, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 32.
• 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.

Trauma Center Treatment Outcome Research

• NEW! Trauma Systems Therapy: 15-Month Outcomes and the Importance of Effecting Environmental Change
  Ellis, B.H., Fogler, J., Hansen, S., Forbes, P., Navalta, C.P., & Saxe, G., August 2011, Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
• NEW! Treatment of Complex Trauma in Young Children: Developmental and Cultural Consideration in Application of the ARC Intervention Model
  Arvidson, Kinniburgh, Howard, Spinazzola, Strothers, Evans, Andres, Cohen, Blaustein, 2011, Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, 4:34-51
• Trauma Treatment: A Controlled Pilot-Outcome Study of Sensory Integration (SI) in the Treatment of Complex Adaptation to Traumatic Stress
  Kaiser, Gillette, Spinazzola, 2010, Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 19:699-720
• Getting Teachers in on the Act: Evaluation of a Theater- and Classroom-Based Youth Violence Prevention Program
  Zucker, Spinazzola, Alley Pollack, Pepe, Barry, Zhang, van der Kolk, 2010, Journal of School Violence, 9:117-135
• Preliminary Evidence of Efficacy for EMDR Resource Development and Installation in the Stabilization Phase of Treatment of Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
  Korn, Leeds, Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 58(12), pp. 1465-1487
• 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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• 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.

Yoga Articles

• NEW!"Warrior One": Yoga Pose Takes on Whole New Meaning at VA Salt Lake City
  Calhoon, Y., U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, February, 2013.
• NEW! Interview: Yoga Teachers as Part of the Clinical Team
  Emerson, D., Yoga Therapy Today, Summer 2012, pp 24-25.
• NEW!Application of Yoga in Residential Treatment of Traumatized Youth
  Spinazzola, J., Rhodes, A., Emerson, D., Earle, E., Monroe, K., Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 2011, 17(6) 431-444.
• Transcending Trauma
  Sparrowe, L., Yoga International, Fall 2011, pp 48-53, 89.
• Warriors at Peace - Pollack, N., Yoga Journal, August 2010, pp. 74-104
• 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
• The Core - David Emerson
• What to Expect from a Trauma Center Yoga Class- David Emerson
• Thoughts on Breathing -David Emerson
• Heal Life's Trauma -Denise Kersten Wills

Other Recent Articles

• NEW! The Heart of the Matter: Complex Trauma in Child Welfare
  Spinazzola, J., Habib, M., Knoverek A., Arvidson, J., Nisenbaum, J., Wentworth, R., Hodgdon, H., Pond, A., Kisiel, C., CW360 Trauma-Informed Child Welfare Practice-Winter 2013, CASCS, University of Minnesota, pp. 8-9, 37.
• NEW! ISTSS Complex Trauma Treatment Guidelines 2012.pdf
  Cloitre, M., Courtois, C.A., Ford, J.D., Green, B.L., Alexander, P., Briere, J., Herman, J.L., Lanius, R., Stolbach, B.C., Spinazzola, J., Van der Kolk, B.A., Van der Hart, O., 2012.
• NEW LISTING!NEARI News: Translating Research into Practice, "Five Significant Changes of the Last 20 Years", November 2012.
  
• NEW! Innovations in Practice: Preliminary Evidence for Effective Family Engagement in Treatment for Child Traumatic Stress-Trauma Systems Therapy Approach to Preventing Dropout
  Saxe, G., Ellis, B. Heidi, Fogler, J., Navalta, Carryl P., Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2012, pp. 58-61.
• NEW LISTING! Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA, tries new approach to school discipline - suspensions drop 85%, Aces Too High News, April 2012.
  
• NEW! Physical Health Problems After Single Trauma Exposure: When Stress Takes Root in the Body
  D'Andrea, W., Sharma, R., Zelechoski, A., Spinazzola, J., Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association, 17(6) 378-392, 2011.
• Pathways To Aggression in Urban Elementary School Youth
  Ozkol, H., Zucker, M., Spinazzola, J., Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp 733-748, 2011
• Shifting the Focus
  Brogan, J., The Boston Globe, July 11, 2011, EMDR article
• Post-Traumatic Childhood
  van der Kolk, B. A., The New York Times, May 10, 2011, Op-Ed Article
• Modern-day Slavery: Through public awareness campaigns, education and advocacy, psychologists are working to end human trafficking
  Clay, R. A., American Psychological Association Monitor, Vol. 42. No. 5, May 2011
• A Framework for School-Based Psychological Evaluations: Utilizing a "Trauma Lens"
  Tishelman, A., Haney, P., Greenwald O'Brien, J., Blaustein, M., Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma, in press.

  This is a preprint of an article submitted for consideration in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma ©[2010] [copyright Taylor & Francis]; Journal of Child and Adolescent Trauma is available at: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/.

• What Are the Benefits of Mindfulness? A Practice Review of Psychotherapy-Related Research
  Davis, D. and Hayes, J., American Psychological Association, Psychotherapy Vol.48. No. 2, 2009, pp. 198-208
• Shelter from the Storm: Trauma-Informed Care in Homelessness Services
  Hopper, E. K., Olivet, J., (2009), The Open Health Services and Policy Journal, 2, pp. 131-151
• EMDR and the Treatment of Complex PTSD: A Review
  Korn, 2009, Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 264-278
• 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
• NEW LISTING! Recognition of Facial Emotions Among Maltreated Children with High Rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  Masten, C., Guyer, A., Hodgdon, H., McClure, E., Charney, D., Ernst, M., Kaufman, J., Pine, D., Monk, C. (2007), Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect, 32, pp. 139-153
• 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
• 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.
• NEW LISTING! Behavioral Alterations in Reward System Function: The Role of Childhood Maltreatment and Psychopathology
  Guyer, A., Kaufman, J., Hodgdon, H., Masten, C., Jazbec, S., Pine, D., Ernst, M. (2006), Journal of American Academy of child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 45:9, (2006), pp. 1-9.
• Invisible Chains: Psychological Coercion of Human Trafficking Victims
  Hopper, E. K., Hidalgo, J. (2006), Intercultural Human Rights Law Review, 1, pp. 185-209.
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Individuals Working in the Sex Industry
  Hopper, E. K., Hidalgo, J. (2006), The Historical Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work, Greenwood Press, New York, NY.
• 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)
• NEW LISTING! DESNOS in Three Postconflict Settings: Assessing Cross-Cultural Construct Equivalence
  de Jong, J., Komproe, I., Spinazzola, J., van der Kolk, B., Van Ommeren, M. (Feb. 2005), Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol. 18. No 1, pp. 13-21.
• 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
• Underidentification of Human Trafficking Victims in the United States
  Hopper, E. K. (2004), Journal of Social Work Research and Evaluation, Vol. 5, No. 2, 125-136.
• 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
• 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.
• The Neurobiology of Childhood Trauma and Abuse
  van der Kolk, MD (2003), Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, 12, pp. 293 - 317
• 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 Compulsion to Repeat the Trauma: Re-enactment, Revictimization, and Masochism
  van der Kolk, B. A. (1989), Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 389-411.
• 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.