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.
Trauma Center Treatment Outcome Research
- School-Based Mental Health Intervention for Children Affected by Political Violence in Indonesia: A Cluster Randomized Trial
- Clinical Implications of Neuroscience Research in PTSD
- 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
- Evaluation of a Theater-Based Youth Violence Prevention Program for Elementary School Children
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
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Outcome Research: The Study of Unrepresentative Samples
- Phenomenology and Psychological Assessment of Complex Posttraumatic States
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.
- Child Abuse & Victimization
- Developmental Trauma Disorder
- Complex Trauma in Children & Adolescents
- Attachment, Self-Regulation & Competency
- Survey Evaluates Complex Trauma Exposure, Outcome and Intervention Among Children & Adolescents
Other Recent Articles
- Yoga Therapy in Practice: Trauma-Sensitive Yoga: Principles, Practice, and Research
- Yoga and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: An Interview with Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
- Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Complex Trauma
- "I Keep That Hush-Hush": Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and the Challenges of Disclosure
- The Responses to Script-Driven Imagery Scale (RSDI): Assessment of State Posttraumatic Symptoms for Psychobiological and Treatment Research
- Neural Correlates of Reexperiencing, Avoidance, and Dissociation in PTSD: Symptom Dimensions and Emotion Dysregulation in Responses to Script-Driven Trauma Imagery
- Developmental Trauma Disorder: A New Diagnosis for Children Affected by Complex Trauma
- Intervention Beyond the Child: The Intertwining Nature of Attachment and Trauma
- 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?
- Developmental Trauma Merits DSM Diagnosis, Experts Say
- Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents
- Resiliency Factors in the Relation Between Childhood Sexual Abuse and Adulthood Sexual Assault in College-Age Women
- A Gale Force Wind: Meaning Making by Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Dissociative symptomatology in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Disorders of Extreme Stress
- Preliminary Evidence of Parasympathetic Influence on Basal Heart Rate in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
- Child Complex Trauma in Toddlers and School-Aged Children, National Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association
- The Neurobiology of Childhood Trauma and Abuse
- Community-Based, Acute Posttraumatic Stress Management: A Description and Evaluation of a Psychosocial-Intervention Continuum
- Containing and Resisting Masculinity: Narratives of Renegotiation Among Resilient Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- The Limits of Talk: Bessel van der Kolk Wants to Transform the Treatment of Trauma Psychotherapy Networker
- In Terror's Grip: Healing the Ravages of Trauma.
- The Assessment and Treatment of Complex PTSD
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.
- Complex Trauma and Disorders of Extreme Stress (DESNOS) Diagnosis, Part II: Treatment
Classic Articles
- The Body Keeps the Score: Memory and the Emerging Psychobiology of Post Traumatic Stress.
- Dissociation and the Fragmentary Nature of Traumatic Memories: Overview and Exploratory Study
- Dissociation, Somatization, and Affect Dysregulation: The Complexity of Adaptation of Trauma
- Exploring the Nature of Traumatic Memory: Combining Clinical Knowledge with Laboratory Methods.
- Retrieving, Assessing, and Classifying Traumatic Memories: A Preliminary Report on Three Case Studies of a New Standardized Method
- The book Traumatic Stress



