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Studies and Academic Journals

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POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, The New England Journal of Medicine, 108 · N Engl J Med, Vol. 346, No. 2 · January 10, 2002, RACHEL YEHUDA, PH.D,  

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Bremner JD (2006). Traumatic stress: effects on the brain. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 8 (4), 445-61 PMID: 17290802  

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Bremner JD, Elzinga B, Schmahl C, & Vermetten E (2008). Structural and functional plasticity of the human brain in posttraumatic stress disorder. Progress in brain research, 167, 171-86 PMID: 18037014  

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Hull AM (2002). Neuroimaging findings in post-traumatic stress disorder. Systematic review. The British journal of psychiatry: the journal of mental science, 181, 102-10 PMID: 12151279  
 

Koenigs, M., & Grafman, J. (2009). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Role of Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala The Neuroscientist, 15 (5), 540-548 DOI: 10.1177/1073858409333072  

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Nutt DJ, & Malizia AL (2004). Structural and functional brain changes in posttraumatic stress disorder. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 65 Suppl 1, 11-7 PMID: 14728092  

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Rocha-Rego, V., Pereira, M., Oliveira, L., Mendlowicz, M., Fiszman, A., Marques-Portella, C., Berger, W., Chu, C., Joffily, M., Moll, J., Mari, J., Figueira, I., & Volchan, E. (2012).

Decreased Premotor Cortex Volume in Victims of Urban Violence with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PLoS ONE, 7 (8) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042560  

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Shin LM, Rauch SL, & Pitman RK (2006). Amygdala, medial prefrontal cortex, and hippocampal function in PTSD. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1071, 67-79 PMID: 16891563  

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Traumatic stress: effects on the brain. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 8 (4), 445-61 PMID: 17290802, Bremner JD, Elzinga B, Schmahl C, & Vermetten E (2008).  

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Structural and functional plasticity of the human brain in posttraumatic stress disorder. Progress in brain research, 167, 171-86 PMID: 18037014, Hull AM (2002).  

Neuroimaging findings in post-traumatic stress disorder. Systematic review. The British journal of psychiatry: the journal of mental science, 181, 102-10 PMID: 12151279, Koenigs, M., & Grafman, J. (2009).  

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Role of Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala The Neuroscientist, 15 (5), 540-548 DOI: 10.1177/1073858409333072, Nutt DJ, & Malizia AL (2004).  

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Structural and functional brain changes in posttraumatic stress disorder. The Journal of clinical psychiatry, 65 Suppl 1, 11-7 PMID: 14728092, Rocha-Rego, V., Pereira, M., Oliveira, L., Mendlowicz, M., Fiszman, A., Marques-Portella, C., Berger, W., Chu, C., Joffily, M., Moll, J., Mari, J., Figueira, I., & Volchan, E. (2012).  

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Decreased Premotor Cortex Volume in Victims of Urban Violence with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder PLoS ONE, 7 (8) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042560, Shin LM, Rauch SL, & Pitman RK (2006).  

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Amygdala, medial prefrontal cortex, and hippocampal function in PTSD. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1071, 67-79 PMID: 16891563  

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Lander L., (1991), The Ruins Of Memories.  

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Van dar Kolk et al., (1995), Dissociation And The Fragmentary Nature Of Traumatic Memories. 

 

Chalavi, Sima & Vissia, Eline & Giesen, Mechteld & Nijenhuis, Ellert & Draijer, Nel & Cole, James & Dazzan, Paola & Pariante, Carmine & Madsen, Sarah & Rajagopalan, Priya & Thompson, Paul & Toga, Arthur & Veltman, Dirk & Reinders, Antje. (2014). Abnormal hippocampal morphology in dissociative identity disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder correlates with childhood trauma and dissociative symptoms: Hippocampal morphology in DID and PTSD. Human Brain Mapping. 10.1002/hbm.22730. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270162544_Abnormal_hippocampal_morphology_in_dissociative_identity_disorder_and_post-traumatic_stress_disorder_correlates_with_childhood_trauma_and_dissociative_symptoms_Hippocampal_morphology_in_DID_and_PTSD 
 
Lovelace and McGrady (1980); Timerman (1981) as cited in Herman, J. L. (1992). Complex PTSD: A syndrome in survivors of prolonged and repeated trauma. J Trauma Stress, 5(3), 377–391. doi:10.1007/bf00977235 pp.385-386.  

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International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. (2011). [Chu, J. A., Dell, P. F., Van der Hart, O., Cardeña, E., Barach, P. M., Somer, E., Loewenstein, R. J., Brand, B., Golston, J. C., Courtois, C. A., Bowman, E. S., Classen, C., Dorahy, M., ̧ Sar,V., Gelinas,D.J., Fine,C.G., Paulsen, S., Kluft, R. P., Dalenberg, C. J., Jacobson-Levy, M., Nijenhuis, E. R. S., Boon, S., Chefetz, R.A., Middleton, W., Ross, C. A., Howell, E., Goodwin, G., Coons, P. M., Frankel, A. S., Steele, K., Gold, S. N., Gast, U., Young, L. M., & Twombly, J.]. Guidelines for treating dissociative identity disorder in adults, third revision. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 12, 115–187. Doi: 10.1080/15299732.2011.537247 
 

Books and Branch

Books

Safe passage to healing: A guide for survivors of ritual abuse. HarperPerennial. ISBN 0060969962 Watkins JG, Watkins HH. 

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Miller, A. (2014). Becoming Yourself: Overcoming Mind Control and Ritual Abuse. Karnac Books. ISBN 1782412182. 223-224 

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"The Haunted Self' Structural dissociation and the treatment of chronic traumatization. Onno van der Hart, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis, and Kathy Steele .New York: W.W. Norton. 

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