Bessel A. van der Kolk

23.8k total citations · 10 hit papers
101 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Bessel A. van der Kolk is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bessel A. van der Kolk has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Clinical Psychology, 19 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health and 12 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Bessel A. van der Kolk's work include Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (33 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (24 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (17 papers). Bessel A. van der Kolk is often cited by papers focused on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (33 papers), Child Abuse and Trauma (24 papers) and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (17 papers). Bessel A. van der Kolk collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Bessel A. van der Kolk's co-authors include Judith Lewis Herman, Rita E. Fisler, J. Christopher Perry, Joseph Spinazzola, Onno van der Hart, David Pelcovitz, Susan Roth, O. van der Hart, James W. Hopper and Margaret E. Blaustein and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, American Journal of Psychiatry and Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bessel A. van der Kolk

100 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

Developmental Trauma Disorder: Toward a rational ... 1989 2026 2001 2013 2005 1989 1994 2005 1995 250 500 750
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  1. Developmental Trauma Disorder: Toward a rational diagnosis for children with complex trauma histories.
    2005 971 citations Bessel A. van der Kolk Psychiatric Annals profile →
  2. Childhood trauma in borderline personality disorder
    1989 934 citations Judith Lewis Herman, Bessel A. van der Kolk et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
  3. The Body Keeps the Score: Memory and the Evolving Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress
    1994 846 citations Bessel A. van der Kolk profile →
  4. Disorders of extreme stress: The empirical foundation of a complex adaptation to trauma
    2005 821 citations Bessel A. van der Kolk, Joseph Spinazzola et al. Journal of Traumatic Stress profile →
  5. Dissociation and the fragmentary nature of traumatic memories: Overview and exploratory study
    1995 724 citations Bessel A. van der Kolk, Rita E. Fisler Journal of Traumatic Stress profile →
  6. Dissociation, somatization, and affect dysregulation: the complexity of adaptation of trauma
    1996 671 citations Bessel A. van der Kolk, Judith Lewis Herman et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
  7. Childhood origins of self-destructive behavior
    1991 657 citations Bessel A. van der Kolk, Judith Lewis Herman et al. American Journal of Psychiatry profile →
  8. Dissociation and the fragmentary nature of traumatic memories: Overview and exploratory study
    1995 552 citations Bessel A. van der Kolk, Rita E. Fisler Journal of Traumatic Stress profile →
  9. Treating complex traumatic stress disorders: An evidence-based guide.
    2009 479 citations Christine A. Courtois, Judith Lewis Herman et al. profile →
  10. Understanding interpersonal trauma in children: Why we need a developmentally appropriate trauma diagnosis.
    2012 449 citations Joseph Spinazzola, Bessel A. van der Kolk et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bessel A. van der Kolk United States 55 12.0k 2.7k 2.0k 1.5k 1.4k 101 15.3k
Mary Schwab‐Stone United States 46 10.0k 0.8× 3.7k 1.4× 1.7k 0.9× 1.6k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 94 13.1k
David P. Bernstein United States 44 12.0k 1.0× 2.6k 1.0× 1.8k 0.9× 812 0.5× 1.5k 1.1× 139 15.4k
David Shaffer United States 57 15.2k 1.3× 5.9k 2.1× 2.6k 1.3× 2.5k 1.7× 1.6k 1.1× 115 19.5k
Mina K. Dulcan United States 38 9.9k 0.8× 4.9k 1.8× 1.4k 0.7× 2.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 84 13.3k
Leonard Handelsman United States 22 7.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.6× 1.3k 0.6× 624 0.4× 947 0.7× 38 10.5k
André Sourander Finland 64 7.5k 0.6× 2.4k 0.9× 3.9k 2.0× 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 353 13.4k
Craig Edelbrock United States 42 11.3k 0.9× 4.9k 1.8× 2.2k 1.1× 2.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.0× 62 16.2k
Marylène Cloître United States 70 16.1k 1.3× 1.9k 0.7× 2.5k 1.3× 990 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 232 19.1k
David J. Kolko United States 56 9.7k 0.8× 1.7k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 701 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 240 11.9k
William Yule United Kingdom 72 10.9k 0.9× 1.2k 0.4× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 1.0× 1.7k 1.3× 303 16.0k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der, et al.. (2015). The handbook of body psychotherapy & somatic psychology. 4 indexed citations
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Courtois, Christine A., et al.. (2009). Treating complex traumatic stress disorders: An evidence-based guide.. 479 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der. (2007). Más allá de la cura por el diálogo: experiencia somática, improntas subcorticales y tratamiento del trauma. 3–21. 1 indexed citations
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der, Joseph Spinazzola, Margaret E. Blaustein, et al.. (2007). A Randomized Clinical Trial of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Fluoxetine, and Pill Placebo in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 68(1). 37–46. 264 indexed citations
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Blaustein, Margaret E., et al.. (2005). Attachment, Self-Regulation, and Competency: A comprehensive intervention framework for children with complex trauma.. Psychiatric Annals. 35(5). 424–430. 202 indexed citations
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Hopper, James W., Joseph Spinazzola, William B. Simpson, & Bessel A. van der Kolk. (2005). Preliminary evidence of parasympathetic influence on basal heart rate in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 60(1). 83–90. 66 indexed citations
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der. (2005). Developmental Trauma Disorder: Toward a rational diagnosis for children with complex trauma histories.. Psychiatric Annals. 35(5). 401–408. 971 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der. (2005). This Issue: Child Abuse & Victimization. Psychiatric Annals. 35(5). 37 indexed citations
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der. (2003). The neurobiology of childhood trauma and abuse. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 12(2). 293–317. 335 indexed citations
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Davidson, Jonathan, Barbara O. Rothbaum, Bessel A. van der Kolk, Carolyn R. Sikes, & Gail Farfel. (2001). Multicenter, Double-blind Comparison of Sertraline and Placebo in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Archives of General Psychiatry. 58(5). 485–485. 342 indexed citations
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Spinazzola, Joseph, et al.. (2001). Complex Trauma and Disorders of Extreme Stress (DESNOS) Diagnosis, Part One: Assessment. 93 indexed citations
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der. (1998). Trauma and memory. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 52(S1). 49 indexed citations
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der & Rita E. Fisler. (1995). Dissociation and the fragmentary nature of traumatic memories: Overview and exploratory study. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 8(4). 505–525. 724 indexed citations breakdown →
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Saxe, Glenn, Gary A. Chinman, Ruth Berkowitz, et al.. (1994). Somatization in patients with dissociative disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry. 151(9). 1329–1334. 135 indexed citations
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der & Rita E. Fisler. (1993). THE BIOLOGIC BASIS OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS. Primary Care Clinics in Office Practice. 20(2). 417–432. 23 indexed citations
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Saxe, Glenn, Bessel A. van der Kolk, Ruth Berkowitz, et al.. (1993). Dissociative disorders in psychiatric inpatients. American Journal of Psychiatry. 150(7). 1037–1042. 207 indexed citations
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Saxe, Glenn, Russell G. Vasile, Thomas Hill, Kerry Bloomingdale, & Bessel A. van der Kolk. (1992). SPECT Imaging and Multiple Personality Disorder. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 180(10). 662–663. 31 indexed citations
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der & Onno van der Hart. (1991). The intrusive past: The flexibility of memory and the engraving of trauma.. American imago. 313 indexed citations
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Kolk, Bessel A. van der, et al.. (1989). The psychological processing of traumatic experience: Rorschach patterns in PTSD. Journal of Traumatic Stress. 2(3). 259–274. 104 indexed citations
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Salzman, Carl, Gerald E. Kochansky, Bessel A. van der Kolk, & Richard I. Shader. (1977). The Effect of Marijuana on Small Group Process. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 4(2). 251–255. 8 indexed citations

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