If Books Could Kill
The airport bestsellers that captured our hearts and ruined our minds
If Books Could Kill
The Body Keeps The Score
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You know that book your friend recommended? The one that rigorously describes the science of trauma, de-stigmatizes abuse and promotes effective treatments? Well here’s the thing: It doesn't actually do that.
Thanks to Emi Nietfield, Keith Cox, Lisa Starr, Richard McNally, Kevin McGuire and everyone else who helped us research and fact-check this episode!
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Sources:
- What the Most Famous Book About Trauma Gets Wrong
- Trauma: A Genealogy
- Remembering Trauma
- Advocates of Research-Supported Treatments for PTSD are Losing
- Tell Me Why It Hurts
- ‘The Body Keeps the Score’ offers uncertain science
- Your Brain Is Not an Onion With a Tiny Reptile Inside
- PTSD and complex PTSD: a review of reviews
- What Does It Mean When 38% Forget?
- Multiple Identity Enactments and Multiple Personality Disorder: A Sociocognitive Perspective
- The Brain Is Adaptive Not Triune
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