When it comes to psychological trauma, the researchers and media have asserted a consensus that the science is settled. They claim that trauma permanently damages brains and causes scores of serious physical illnesses. In reality, this extraordinary assertion is not true. Trauma does cause emotional and behavioral problems in many victims, but this does not include changes in brain structure or re-wiring of brains.
Clearly-written and accessible for non-scientists, this book methodically analyzes 122 claims about neuroscience, treatments, and related issues.
Michael S. Scheeringa, MD is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who has been the principal investigator on 15 research studies on posttraumatic stress disorder and the author of over 90 papers and four books on the subject.
Dr. Scheeringa launched a YouTube channel (click here) to share insights about trauma and PTSD.
The latest confusions clarified, myths demystified, and ideologies imperiled.
Get the true facts, not the false facts.
What is Trauma?
What is PTSD?
PTSD in Very Young Children Explained
Unreported Truths About Toxic Stress Theory
Unreported Truths about Complex PTSD
The Toxic Stress Playbook: The New Battlegrounds to Expand Government Social Programs
My Psychology Blog Was Censored: Who Does That?
The latest confusions clarified, myths demystified, and ideologies imperiled.
Get the true facts, not the false facts.
What is Trauma?
What is PTSD?
PTSD in Very Young Children Explained
Unreported Truths About Toxic Stress Theory
Unreported Truths about Complex PTSD
The Toxic Stress Playbook: The New Battlegrounds to Expand Government Social Programs
My Psychology Blog Was Censored: Who Does That?
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Interviews about trauma
7/24/23 Counterpoint with Amanda Vanstone (Australia). Discussed expansion of the use of "trauma." Why it happened and the negative consequences.
Radio Interviews about The Trouble With Trauma
3/17/22 WREG Live at 9 television (Memphis)
3/16/22 Alaska Public Radio / Your Health Connection with Prentiss Pemberton
3/12/22 Second Saturday on WPKN, with Bob Johnson (CT)
2/24/22 KPCW The Mountain Life, with Lynn Ware Peek (Utah)
2/23/22 The Frankie Boyer Show
2/21/22 The Culture Buzz with John Busbee, KFMG-FM (Des Moines, Iowa)
2/16/22 Warren in the Morning on Kingston Radio (New York)
2/15/22 What's the Story with Kim Berns (Rye Record podcast)
2/15/22 Conversations on WYAD 94.1 FM with Cyrus Webb (Mississippi)
2/15/22 Morning on Maine Street with Bill Maine, WDUN AM 550/ FM 102.9 (Georgia)
2/10/22 The Jefferson Exchange/ Jefferson Public Radio (Oregon & California)
2/9/22 The Brewmance Podcast
2/7/22 Intelligence For Your Health With Connie Sellecca
2/3/22 The Carson Schubert Morning Show/ KMA (Iowa)
2/3/22 The Rayla Campbell Show/ WSMN (Massachusetts)
1/25/22 The Natasha Hall Show (on CJAD 800, Montreal)
1/12/22 The Kathryn Zox Show
1/06/22 The Lucas Rockwood Show
Print Interviews
Vox: How Trauma Became the Word of the Decade, by Lexi Pandell (online 1/25/22)
7/24/23 Counterpoint with Amanda Vanstone (Australia). Discussed expansion of the use of "trauma." Why it happened and the negative consequences.
Radio Interviews about The Trouble With Trauma
3/17/22 WREG Live at 9 television (Memphis)
3/16/22 Alaska Public Radio / Your Health Connection with Prentiss Pemberton
3/12/22 Second Saturday on WPKN, with Bob Johnson (CT)
2/24/22 KPCW The Mountain Life, with Lynn Ware Peek (Utah)
2/23/22 The Frankie Boyer Show
2/21/22 The Culture Buzz with John Busbee, KFMG-FM (Des Moines, Iowa)
2/16/22 Warren in the Morning on Kingston Radio (New York)
2/15/22 What's the Story with Kim Berns (Rye Record podcast)
2/15/22 Conversations on WYAD 94.1 FM with Cyrus Webb (Mississippi)
2/15/22 Morning on Maine Street with Bill Maine, WDUN AM 550/ FM 102.9 (Georgia)
2/10/22 The Jefferson Exchange/ Jefferson Public Radio (Oregon & California)
2/9/22 The Brewmance Podcast
2/7/22 Intelligence For Your Health With Connie Sellecca
2/3/22 The Carson Schubert Morning Show/ KMA (Iowa)
2/3/22 The Rayla Campbell Show/ WSMN (Massachusetts)
1/25/22 The Natasha Hall Show (on CJAD 800, Montreal)
1/12/22 The Kathryn Zox Show
1/06/22 The Lucas Rockwood Show
Print Interviews
Vox: How Trauma Became the Word of the Decade, by Lexi Pandell (online 1/25/22)
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