The Body Bears the Burden

This new edition provides updated concepts and ideas in simplified medical language. "The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease, Second Edition" is the update of the classic book that explains the reasons behind some of the most common symptoms and conditions that previously defied a medical explanation. Respected author, Robert C. Scaer, MD, has diligently simplified the complex medical language that was used in the first edition to make it easier for lay readers and patients to understand all without sacrificing accuracy. This valuable text presents a new theory of the neurophysiology of traumatic stress and dissociation and includes several updated chapters and new concepts that have been developed since the previous edition. Human response is quite different than other animals' response to trauma. This response is discussed in detail in "The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease, Second Edition", including the fight/flight/freeze cycle and how the human response causes abnormal regulation of many body systems which then may lead to many illnesses or conditions. The emotional and physical experiences of patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and other syndromes such as whiplash are comprehensively examined. Patients and lay readers alike who have been told it is all in your head may well feel like this book was specifically written about them and the unexplained complex symptoms they experience. Topics in "The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease, Second Edition" include: the role of the fight/flight/freeze response in traumatic stress; the neurophysiology of traumatic stress and dissociation the Whiplash Syndrome as a model for procedural memory in trauma; analysis of traumatic repetition; the theoretical concept of somatic dissociation; the varied syndromes and medical diseases of trauma and dissociation a theoretical analysis or therapy for trauma; illustrative case histories of trauma and the body; and more! "The Body Bears the Burden: Trauma, Dissociation, and Disease, Second Edition" is valuable information for physicians, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, physical, occupational, and speech therapists, nurses, and those lay people looking to better understand the physiologic rationale for a large number of perplexing chronic medical diseases and syndromes.

ISBN 0789033356   Pages 302 ISBN13 9780789033352 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc   Weight (grammes) 408 Imprint Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group   Published in New York Format Paperback   Height (mm) 212 Publication date 28 Sep 2007   Width (mm) 155 Library of Congress 2007027519   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY 616.8521   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC21

		Foreword by Bessel A. van der Kolk
		Preface
		Acknowledgments
Ch. 1		Concepts of Traumatization: The Role of Boundaries		1
		The Concept of Boundaries		3
		The Role of Boundaries in Trauma		4
		Boundaries and Childhood		5
		Conclusion		6
Ch. 2		Trauma, Instinct, and the Brain: The Fight/Flight/Freeze Response		9
		The Neurophysiology of Trauma		9
		Brain Responses to Stress		12
		Fighting, Fleeing, or Freezing		15
		Conclusion		22
Ch. 3		The Whiplash Syndrome I: Symptoms in Search of a Meaning		25
		The History of Whiplash		25
		The Clinical Syndrome		26
		Physical Forces and Structural Injury		26
		The Pathophysiology of Whiplash		28
		Conclusion		35
Ch. 4		The Whiplash Syndrome II: A Model of the Brain in Trauma		37
		Memory Mechanisms in Trauma		37
		Somatic Responses to Stress		40
		The Meaning of Speed		42
		The Physiology of Trauma		45
		Conclusion		59
Ch. 5		Trauma and Brain Plasticity		61
		The History of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Psychiatry		62
		The Developing Brain		65
		The Development of Character		66
		More...

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