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Biological Response to Psychic Trauma

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International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes

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They will fail to cope psychologically with their problems until they have a sense of security in their bodies. In losing control over their bodily functions they are not the competent people they were before. (Kolb & Multipassi, 1982)

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van der Kolk, B.A., Saporta, J. (1993). Biological Response to Psychic Trauma. In: Wilson, J.P., Raphael, B. (eds) International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2820-3_2

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