| View Larger Image | Does Stress Damage the Brain?: Understanding Trauma-Related Disorders from a Mind-Body Perspective | Paperbackby J. Douglas Bremner (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | W.W. Norton & Co. | | Page Count: | 320 Pages | | Publication Date: | April 15, 2005 | | Sales Rank: | 241,829st |
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Product Description
The compelling story of how stress affects your brain. Can what you see, hear, feel, and experience actually result in a permanent change in your brain? This provocative question arose from research discoveries by J. Douglas Bremner and others that showed that extreme stress might result in lasting damage to the brain. Anyone who has experienced even moderate stress in their life will benefit from the insights in this clearly written, accessible book. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)
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quality reading about PTSD by MEJ (Seattle, WA USA)  4 Stars
June 05, 2007
I just presented a couple of Power Point presentations in two University classes on PTSD. Though I didn't reference his journal production or his books, I find that reading this book pulled many things together after doing the above. He is at Emory now, going there from Yale.
The hardback could have used some editing. He repeats himself almost verbatim many times, which might help somebody who just picks into stray chapters.
Anyway, you might want to check out a PPT he presented March 2007.
http://braininstitute.vanderbilt.edu/Vanderbilt_March07_BremnerLecture.ppt
He frequently studies how trauma affects brain structures.
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Validation: Making Sense of the Senseless by Monika R Smith, PhD MSW (Reedville, Virginia United States)  5 Stars
March 12, 2003
THIS IS A "MUST READ". Any one who has suffered a loss, experienced grief, been violated or exposed to violence of self or other will derive comfort, knowledge and a logical explanation for why actions, feelings, thoughts, and ideas occur subsequent to such exposure. With the events of 9/11, that includes every American and much of the world's population who if not directly there in person, will have the images the media replayed time and again burned into their conscious and unconscious minds forever. It furthermore includes victims of childhood abuse no less than combat veterans, hurricane or other natural disaster survivors along with those from any terror, war and conflict. The answer is that scientifically demonstrated brain changes and hormonal actions do govern behaviours, feelings and actions: NO, you're not crazy for seeing or perceiving things as you do.The changes are real. You're OK. You're part of a world that isn't as OK or safe as you'd like it to be.Dr. Bremner puts all of it together in a delightfully readable form sprinkled with annecdotes, metaphors and analogies. He presents serious subject matter and profound insights in a style as fascinating and captivating as science fiction. I bought it for professional purposes and then read it non-stop for pleasure.
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provocative title/serious book by Michat Duncan (NYC) 5 Stars
October 03, 2002
I picked this book up in the bookstore because of the titleand once I read the first few pages in the store I wasreally hooked. The author tells a couple of different storiesin the book and I can see why one of the reviews talkedabout some parts of the book that are somewhat complicated.The brain stuff about stress is very fascinating, and mostof it is easy to understand (I don't have any more thana high school background in science.) There were a few difficultparts but skipping over these did not detract from the fascinating story that the author tells about how people experience stress, what events like September 11 can doto people, and what the future holds in terms of understandinghow to deal with stress and treat it. The author includesin the book an excerpt from his family history detailingsome very traumatic events and I wish that he had writtenmore about that. Still, a short but provocative book that helpsto put many issues regarding trauma into a perspectivethat is new.
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