For decades, Bessel van der Kolk, a psychiatrist whose ideas about how the body records pain helped millions find language for their suffering, has been regarded as the world’s leading expert in the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “You have to read this book,” my new psychologist informed me. As a teenager, I was ...

Dr. Bessel van der Kolk has spent 30 years figuring out why people behave so strangely. His specialty is treating those who have endured traumas so horrific—war, carnage, incredible pain that they ...

Nick Haslam receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In a new series, we look at books that have become cultural touchstones. If new books are lucky they enjoy a brief honeymoon of ...

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