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Bessel A. van der Kolk

Bessel A. van der Kolk

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Psychology

D-Index
71
Citations
41263
World Ranking
2104
National Ranking
1221

Overview

Bessel A. van der Kolk is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and medicine, with a strong focus on clinical psychology and related subfields. Their work spans areas such as pharmacology, cognitive neuroscience, biological psychiatry, and general health professions.

Their main research topics include psychedelics and drug studies, cannabis and cannabinoid research, child abuse and trauma, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, sleep and wakefulness research, tryptophan and brain disorders, and child and adolescent health.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by van der Kolk include:

  • MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study (2021, Nature Medicine)
  • MDMA-assisted therapy for moderate to severe PTSD: a randomized, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial (2023, Nature Medicine)
  • MDMA-Assisted Therapy for Severe PTSD: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 3 Study (2023, FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry)
  • Developmental Trauma Disorder: A Legacy of Attachment Trauma in Victimized Children (2021, Journal of Traumatic Stress)
  • The impact of neurofeedback training on children with developmental trauma: A randomized controlled study (2020, Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy)

They have frequently collaborated with researchers including Charlotte Harrison, Berra Yazar-Klosinski, Jennifer Mitchell, Michael P. Bogenschutz, and Sarah E. Kleiman.

Their works are often published in venues such as:

  • Nature Medicine
  • FOCUS The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Traumatic Stress
  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy
  • European journal of psychotraumatology

Best Publications

  • Traumatic stress: The effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body, and society.

    Bessel A. van der Kolk;Alexander C. McFarlane;Lars Weisaeth

  • Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents

    Alexandra Cook;Joseph Spinazzola;Julian Ford;Cheryl Lanktree

  • The Body Keeps the Score: Memory and the Evolving Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress

    Bessel A. van der Kolk

  • Disorders of extreme stress: The empirical foundation of a complex adaptation to trauma.

    Bessel A. van der Kolk;Susan Roth;David Pelcovitz;Susanne Sunday

  • Dissociation and the fragmentary nature of traumatic memories: Overview and exploratory study

    Bessel A. van Der Kolk;Rita Fisler

  • A developmental approach to complex PTSD: childhood and adult cumulative trauma as predictors of symptom complexity.

    Marylene Cloitre;Bradley C. Stolbach;Judith L. Herman;Bessel van der Kolk

  • The intrusive past: The flexibility of memory and the engraving of trauma.

    Bessel A. van der Kolk;Onno van der Hart

  • A symptom provocation study of posttraumatic stress disorder using positron emission tomography and script-driven imagery

    S L Rauch;B A van der Kolk;R E Fisler;N M Alpert

  • The compulsion to repeat the trauma. Re-enactment, revictimization, and masochism.

    Bessel A. van der Kolk

  • Treating complex traumatic stress disorders: An evidence-based guide.

    Christine A. Courtois;Julian D. Norton-Ford;Judith Lewis Herman;Bessel A. Van der Kolk

  • Understanding Interpersonal Trauma in Children: Why We Need a Developmentally Appropriate Trauma Diagnosis

    Wendy D'Andrea;Julian Ford;Bradley Stolbach;Joseph Spinazzola

  • Clinical implications of neuroscience research in PTSD.

    Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

  • Complex PTSD in Victims Exposed to Sexual and Physical Abuse: Results from the DSM-IV Field Trial for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    Susan Roth;Elana Newman;David Pelcovitz;Bessel van der Kolk

  • MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study

    Jennifer M. Mitchell;Michael Bogenschutz;Alia Lilienstein;Charlotte Harrison

  • Development of a criteria set and a structured interview for disorders of extreme stress (SIDES)

    David Pelcovitz;Bessel van der Kolk;Susan Roth;Francine Mandel

  • Inescapable shock, neurotransmitters, and addiction to trauma: Toward a psychobiology of post traumatic stress ☆

    Bessel van der Kolk;Bessel van der Kolk;Mark Greenberg;Mark Greenberg;Helene Boyd;Helene Boyd;John Krystal

  • Multicenter, double-blind comparison of sertraline and placebo in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder.

    Jonathan R. T. Davidson;Barbara O. Rothbaum;Bessel A. van der Kolk;Carolyn R. Sikes

  • The neurobiology of childhood trauma and abuse

    Bessel A van der Kolk

  • Yoga as an adjunctive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

    Bessel A. van der Kolk;Laura Stone;Jennifer West;Alison Rhodes

  • A Randomized Clinical Trial of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Fluoxetine, and Pill Placebo in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Treatment Effects and Long-Term Maintenance

    Bessel A. van der Kolk;Joseph Spinazzola;Margaret E. Blaustein;James W. Hopper

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Spinazzola
Joseph Spinazzola Justice Resource Institute
Julian D. Ford
Julian D. Ford University of Connecticut
Onno van der Hart
Onno van der Hart Utrecht University
Ruth A. Lanius
Ruth A. Lanius University of Western Ontario
Michael K. Suvak
Michael K. Suvak Suffolk University
Chris R. Brewin
Chris R. Brewin University College London
Lisa D. Butler
Lisa D. Butler University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Cheryl Koopman
Cheryl Koopman Stanford University
Vedat Sar
Vedat Sar Koç University
Richard J. Loewenstein
Richard J. Loewenstein University of Maryland, Baltimore

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