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| Author | Bessel van der Kolk |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | September 25, 2014 |
| Pages | 464 |
| ISBN | 978-0-670-78593-3 |
| OCLC | 861478952 |
| 616.85/21206 | |
| LC Class | RC552.P67 V358 2014 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma is a 2014 book by Bessel van der Kolk about the purported effects of psychological trauma.[1][2] The book describes van der Kolk's research and experiences on how people are affected by traumatic stress, including its effects on the mind and body.
Scientists have criticized the book for promoting pseudoscientific claims about trauma, memory, brains, and development.[3][4][5]
The Body Keeps the Score has been published in 36 languages.[6] As of July 2021, it had spent more than 141 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List for nonfiction, 27 of them in the No. 1 position.[7]
- ^ "The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D." PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Shaoni (November 5, 2014). "The lifelong cost of burying our traumatic experiences". New Scientist. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
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- ^ Martin, Kristen (2023-08-06). "'The Body Keeps the Score' offers uncertain science in the name of self-help. It's not alone". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ^ "The Body Keeps The Score". Bessel van der Kolk, MD. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- ^ Egan, Elisabeth (July 8, 2021). "Does a Writer Ever Get Cozy on the Best-Seller List? Bessel van der Kolk Says No". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on July 11, 2021.