Bessel van der Kolk

8.6k citations
38 papers · 4.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 23
Topics
Child Abuse and Trauma (15 papers)Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (11 papers)Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 papers)

In The Last Decade

Bessel van der Kolk

36 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents2005202620122019200520092505007501000

Peers

Bessel van der Kolk
Comparison fields: 5 of 116
  • Clinical Psychology 3.7k
  • General Health Professions 611
  • Sociology and Political Science 494
  • Social Psychology 471
  • Psychiatry and Mental health 455
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Fields of papers citing papers by Bessel van der Kolk

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bessel van der Kolk

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All Works

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A developmental approach to complex PTSD: Childhood and adult cumulative trauma as predictors of symptom complexitybreakdown →
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Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescentsbreakdown →
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Self-Destructive Behavior in People with Dissociative Disorders.
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CLINICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE STRUCTURED INTERVIEW FOR DISORDERS OF EXTREME STRESS (SIDES)
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About Bessel van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk is a scholar working on Clinical Psychology, Behavioral Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Mental health, having authored 38 papers that have together received 4.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Child Abuse and Trauma (15 papers), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research (11 papers) and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Clinical Psychology (3.7k citations), Safety Research (422 citations) and Health (348 citations). Bessel van der Kolk has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Marylène Cloître, Joseph Spinazzola, Julián D. Ford, Bradley Stolbach, Judith Lewis Herman, Eva Petkova, Robert S. Pynoos, Jing Wang, Francine S. Mandel and Susan Roth. Their work appears in journals such as American Journal of Psychiatry, American Psychologist and Biological Psychiatry.

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