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Does Stress Damage the Brain? Understanding Trauma-Related Disorders from a Mind-Body Perspective.

Drawing on clinical and research experience, Bremner explores the effect of trauma on mind and body. He describes a spectrum of traumarelated disorders in vulnerable individuals. These include posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dissociative disorders, borderline personality disorder, adjustment disorders, anxiety and mood disorders, and psychosomatic disorders. Trauma early in life, he emphasizes, is more likely to cause personality problems and depression. Traumas during adulthood cause a “purer,” and more treatable, form of PTSD. 
 
This book does summarize the evidence for neurological deficits in PTSD. Regrettably, reoccurring case examples and clinical opinions and repetitive citing of the same facts mar it. As most books on this topic are multi-authored, I thought that a single author might be able to streamline and integrate up-to-date information. My hopes were soon dashed by a book that appears more to be a number of articles loosely knit together. 
 
The professional reader would be better served by reading a few articles by Rachel Yehuda or Bessel van der Kolk, or even the collection of brief articles on PTSD in the August 2002 CPA Bulletin. The book could be useful for the undergraduate student with little or no prior knowledge of the topic.