Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society

Bessel A. van der Kolk · Alexander C. McFarlane · Lars Weisaeth

Aug 2017 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Bob Souer

About this audiobook

This bestselling classic presents seminal theory and research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Together, the leading editors and contributors comprehensively examine how trauma affects an individual's biology, conceptions of the world, and psychological functioning. Key topics include why certain people cope successfully with traumatic experiences while others do not, the neurobiological processes underlying PTSD symptomatology, enduring questions surrounding traumatic memories and dissociation, and the core components of effective interventions. A highly influential work that laid the foundation for many of the field's continuing advances, this volume remains an immensely informative and thought-provoking clinical reference.

About the author

Bob Souer is a full-time professional storyteller and narrator. He has narrated numerous audiobooks, as well as broadcast and nonbroadcast projects for corporations and ministries across North America. You've heard Bob's voice on CBS, PBS, the History Channel, and many other networks.

Bessel A. van der Kolk is the founder and medical director of the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Alexander C. McFarlane is coeditor of Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma.

Lars Weisaeth is Research Professor Emeritus at the Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the Institute of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oslo.