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'''Bessel A. van der Kolk''', {{MD}}, ({{LifeData|birth=1943|birthplace=The Hague|birthcountry=Netherlands}}) is a psychiatrist, author, researcher and educator based in Boston, {{USSC|MA}}, USA.<ref name=WP>{{URLwikipedia|Bessel_van_der_Kolk|Bessel van der Kolk|2022-11-11}}</ref> Van der Kolk formerly served as president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and is a former co-director of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. He is a professor of Psychiatry at {{UNI|Boston University|BU}} School of Medicine and president of the Trauma Research Foundation in Brookline, {{USSC|MA}}.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225105004/http://traumaresearchfoundation.org/meet-our-board.html
|archived=yes
|title=Meet Our Board
|publisher=Trauma Research Foundation
|date=2022-02-25
|accessdate=2022-11-11
}}</ref>
== Research ==
Since the 1970s his research has been in the area of post-traumatic stress. He is the author of ''The New York Times'' best seller, ''The Body Keeps the Score''.<ref>{{REFjournal
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/05/03
|title=The New York Times Best Sellers
|publisher=The New York Times
|date=2020-05-03
|accessdate=2022-11-10
}}</ref> Van der Kolk formerly served as president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and is a former co-director of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. He is a professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and president of the Trauma Research Foundation in Brookline, Massachusetts.<ref name=WP/>
{{PUB}}
Van der Kolk has published over 150 peer reviewed scientific articles.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://catalog.pesi.com/speaker/bessel-van-der-kolk-595223
|title=Information and Products by Faculty: Bessel van der Kolk
|publisher=PESI
|accessdate=2022-11-10
}}</ref> His books include the following:<ref name=WP/>
* {{REFbook
|title=Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Psychological and Biological Sequelae
|location=Washington, {{USSC|DC}}
|publisher=American Psychiatric
|editor=[[Bessel van der Kolk]]
|year=1984
}}
* {{REFbook
|last=van der Kolk
|first=Bessel A.
|init=BA
|author-link=Bessel van der Kolk
|title=Psychological Trauma
|location=Washington, {{USSC|DC}}
|publisher=American Psychiatric
|year=1987
}}
* {{REFbook
|editors=[[Bessel van der Kolk]], Alexander C. McFarlane, L. Weisæth
|title=Traumatic Stress: the effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body and society
|location=New York
|publisher=Guilford
|year=1996
}}
* {{REFbook
|last=van der Kolk
|first=Bessel A.
|init=BA
|author-link=Bessel van der Kolk
|title=The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
|publisher=Viking
|year=2014
|ISBN=9780670785933
|scope=464
}}
{{ABBR}}
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:van der Kolk, Bessel}}
[[Category:Person]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Author]]
[[Category:Psychiatrist]]
[[Category:Researcher]]
[[Category:Netherlands]]
[[Category:USA]]
'''Bessel A. van der Kolk''', {{MD}}, ({{LifeData|birth=1943|birthplace=The Hague|birthcountry=Netherlands}}) is a psychiatrist, author, researcher and educator based in Boston, {{USSC|MA}}, USA.<ref name=WP>{{URLwikipedia|Bessel_van_der_Kolk|Bessel van der Kolk|2022-11-11}}</ref> Van der Kolk formerly served as president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and is a former co-director of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. He is a professor of Psychiatry at {{UNI|Boston University|BU}} School of Medicine and president of the Trauma Research Foundation in Brookline, {{USSC|MA}}.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225105004/http://traumaresearchfoundation.org/meet-our-board.html
|archived=yes
|title=Meet Our Board
|publisher=Trauma Research Foundation
|date=2022-02-25
|accessdate=2022-11-11
}}</ref>
== Research ==
Since the 1970s his research has been in the area of post-traumatic stress. He is the author of ''The New York Times'' best seller, ''The Body Keeps the Score''.<ref>{{REFjournal
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2020/05/03
|title=The New York Times Best Sellers
|publisher=The New York Times
|date=2020-05-03
|accessdate=2022-11-10
}}</ref> Van der Kolk formerly served as president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and is a former co-director of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. He is a professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and president of the Trauma Research Foundation in Brookline, Massachusetts.<ref name=WP/>
{{PUB}}
Van der Kolk has published over 150 peer reviewed scientific articles.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://catalog.pesi.com/speaker/bessel-van-der-kolk-595223
|title=Information and Products by Faculty: Bessel van der Kolk
|publisher=PESI
|accessdate=2022-11-10
}}</ref> His books include the following:<ref name=WP/>
* {{REFbook
|title=Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: Psychological and Biological Sequelae
|location=Washington, {{USSC|DC}}
|publisher=American Psychiatric
|editor=[[Bessel van der Kolk]]
|year=1984
}}
* {{REFbook
|last=van der Kolk
|first=Bessel A.
|init=BA
|author-link=Bessel van der Kolk
|title=Psychological Trauma
|location=Washington, {{USSC|DC}}
|publisher=American Psychiatric
|year=1987
}}
* {{REFbook
|editors=[[Bessel van der Kolk]], Alexander C. McFarlane, L. Weisæth
|title=Traumatic Stress: the effects of overwhelming experience on mind, body and society
|location=New York
|publisher=Guilford
|year=1996
}}
* {{REFbook
|last=van der Kolk
|first=Bessel A.
|init=BA
|author-link=Bessel van der Kolk
|title=The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
|publisher=Viking
|year=2014
|ISBN=9780670785933
|scope=464
}}
{{ABBR}}
{{REF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:van der Kolk, Bessel}}
[[Category:Person]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Author]]
[[Category:Psychiatrist]]
[[Category:Researcher]]
[[Category:Netherlands]]
[[Category:USA]]