The Trauma Spectrum: Hidden Wounds and Human Resiliency

by Robert C. Scaer

A neurologist's view of our response to trauma. Our experiences of trauma sow the seeds of many persistent and misunderstood medical problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome and various maladies of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393704661
• ISBN13: 9780393704662
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The Trauma Spectrum

Like Scaer's other book, the Body Bears the Burden, this tome sheds light on groundbreaking research and treatment in the field of trauma. I believe that any book by Scaer of his contemporary, Peter Levine, is well worth the pricce for their knowledge and understanding, and the effortless way in which they can paint a picture of human physiology without the heavy handed medical language that others use. Whereas Scaer's other book focusses on whiplash and car accident scenarios, this book covers a wider range of trauma types which further explains the scientific advances traumatology research is making.

Good compilation of information

It was a good compilation of the existing material that is already out there on trauma. I don't think that it would be a good suggestion for the average patient, because it may be difficult to maintain the focus neccessary to follow his thoughts. Patients may find selected excerpts more helpful. Patients with psychosomatic illnesses will be happy to find a doctor who sees some rational behind their disorders.

Excellent Trauma Discussion

I am profoundly grateful for this excellent book. As a clinical psychologist, I see traumatized individuals every day and this book explains so much about why this happens and what to do in treatment. This book fills in the blanks of the previous literature on this emerging field of psychology. Buy it!

Scaer Has Clearly Taken His Own Cure!

Here's a book that is just superb, in my book! Scaer is a retired medical doctor who no longer gives a rat's butt about being censured by the AMA. Just my kinda guy! And he has definitely NAILED all the ways that unresolved embodied trauma directs virtually everything in our lives from the kinds of work we do, to the kinds of parents we become, to the kinds of health issues and illnesses we encounter, to the kinds of friends and life partners we end up with. An amazingly, coherent, comprehensive account by someone who has unquestionably cleared out a lot of his own embodied trauma along the way.

a book for a gift

I liked the book but did not read it all because it was bought as a gift for a friend. I was surprised to get 3 copies having ordered only 2. It meant paying postage to return it and it wasn't my mistake! ECA