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When The Body Bears The Burden Made Its Debut In 2001, It Changed The Way People Thought About Trauma, Ptsd, And The Treatment Of Chronic Stress Disorders. Now In Its Third Edition, This Revered Text Offers A Fully Updated And Revised Analysis Of The Relationship Between Mind, Body, And The Processing Of Trauma. Here, Clinicians Will Find Detailed, Thorough Explorations Of Some Of Neurobiology's Fundamental Tenets, The Connections Between Mind, Brain, And Body, And The Many And Varied Ways That Symptoms Of Traumatic Stress Become Visible To Those Who Know To Look For Them. Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1-concepts Of Traumatization: The Role Of Boundaries; The Concept Of Boundaries; The Role Of Boundaries In Trauma; Boundaries And Childhood; Conclusion; Chapter 2-trauma, Instinct, And The Brain: The Fight/flight/freeze Response; The Neurophysiology Of Trauma; Brain Responses To Stress; Fighting, Fleeing, Or Freezing; The Animal Model; The Freeze Discharge; The Human Anomaly; Conclusion; Chapter 3-the Whiplash Syndrome I: Symptoms In Search Of A Meaning; The History Of Whiplash; The Clinical Syndrome Physical Forces And Structural Injurythe Pathophysiology Of Whiplash; Myofascial Pain; Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (tos); Piriformis Syndrome; Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (tmj); Minor Traumatic Brain Injury (mtbi); Neurological Symptoms; Emotional Symptoms; Conclusion; Chapter 4-the Whiplash Syndrome Ii: A Model Of The Brain In Trauma; Memory Mechanisms In Trauma; Declarative Versus Nondeclarative Memory; Somatic Responses To Stress; The Meaning Of Speed; Vehicular Transport And Society; The Automobile As A Threat; The Neurophysiology Of Trauma In Whiplash; Kindling And Trauma Cognitive Deficits In Traumatrauma And Post-concussion Syndrome; Binocular Dysfunction; Vestibular And Autonomic Dysfunction; Neuromuscular Dysfunction And Myofascial Pain; Head And Neck Myofascial Pain; Conclusion; Chapter 5-bonding, Attunement, And Concepts Of Homeostasis; The Neurophysiology Of Attunement And The Developing Brain; The Development Of Character; The Polyvagal Theory; The Dorsal Vagal Complex; The Ventral Vagal Complex; Conclusion; Chapter 6-negative Neuroplasticity: Does Trauma Damage The Brain?; The History Of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder In Psychiatry Brain Plasticity In Traumaobjective Measurements Of Brain Change In Trauma; The Permanence Of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; Conclusion; Chapter 7-somatic Dissociation; Examples Of Dissociation; Memory In Dissociation; Cognitive And Emotional Features; Dissociative Physical Symptoms; Conversion Hysteria And Dissociation; The Autonomic Nervous System In Post-traumatic Stress Disorder; The Concept Of Boundaries; The Spectrum Of Somatic Dissociation; The Dissociative Capsule; Conclusion; Chapter 8-diseases Of Traumatic Stress; The Pathophysiology Of Stress; Stress Versus Trauma The Hypothalamic/pituitary/adrenal Axisstress, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, And Immune Function; The Diseases Of Trauma; Chronic Pain; Somatic Dissociation And Disease; Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy; Fibromyalgia/chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Somatization Disorders; Morbidity And Mortality; Conclusion; Chapter 9-trauma Reenactment; Introduction; The Roots Of Reenactment; Clinical Features; Gender Differences; The Anniversary Syndrome; Reenactment Through Risk Taking; Conclusion; Chapter 10-sources Of Trauma; Introduction; The Definition Of Traumatic Stress; Exposure To Combat; Child Abuse Societal Trauma Robert Scaer. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English