Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-298) and index.
Contents
Trauma and meaning -- I: Brain mechanisms and trauma -- The brain/mind/body continuum -- How the brain helps us to survive -- Trauma as imprisonment of the mind -- Genes, experience, and behavior -- II: The trauma spectrum -- Preverbal trauma -- The spectrum of societal trauma: from neglect to violence -- The trauma of illness and its treatment -- III: Trauma in health and disease -- Somatic dissociation: conversion hysteria, stigmata, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy -- Diseases of stress and trauma -- Healing trauma and the power of the human spirit -- Understanding your life.