LibGuides: PSY-8313: Trauma across the Developmental Continuum: Week 1 Resources

Week 1 Resources

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk, M. (2015). The body keeps the score: Brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. Penguin Books.

Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3.

Part 1 of Van der Kolk’s book will provide you a clear foundation for the course and the topic as we explore how trauma impacts people on multiple levels.

Access your Redshelf book in the Getting Started module of the course or click on Bookshelf in the top navigation bar of the course.

The Moderating Role of Trauma Type on the Relationship between Event Centrality of the Traumatic Experience and Mental Health Outcomes
Wamser-Nanney, R., Howell, K. H., Schwartz, L. E., & Hasselle, A. J. (2018). The moderating role of trauma type on the relationship between event centrality of the traumatic experience and mental health outcomes. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10(5), 499–507.
This study describes the relationship between the type of trauma, the extent to which a person feels it is important to their life, and psychological outcomes.
Impact of Trauma Type and Emotion on Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory
Zheng, P., & Gray, M. J. (2018). Impact of trauma type and emotion on over general autobiographical memory. Journal of Loss & Trauma, 23(7), 559–573.
This article compares types of trauma and the impact on memory and emotional response.