Neurologist Scaer, the former medical director of rehabilitation services at the Mapleton Center and now retired from clinical practice, explains the reasons behind some of the most common
symptoms and conditions that have previously defied medical explanation, based on his new theory of the neurophysiology of post-traumatic stress and dissociation. He proposes that the whiplash
experience is a model of traumatization, with long-standing and often permanent neurophysiological and neurochemical changes in the brain that are experience-based, rather than injury-based. He
investigates common sources of trauma, such as child abuse, medical trauma, and sexual trauma, and examines different types of trauma therapy. In this second edition, he simplifies complex
medical language to make it easier for lay readers and patients to understand. There are several updated chapters and new concepts developed since the first edition. The book will be of
interest to physicians, psychotherapists, social workers, physical therapists, nurses, and patients. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
