I: Brain mechanisms and trauma
The brain/mind/body continuum
How the brain helps us to survive
Trauma as imprisonment of the mind
Genes, experience, and behavior
The spectrum of societal trauma: from neglect to violence
The trauma of illness and its treatment
III: Trauma in health and disease
Somatic dissociation: conversion hysteria, stigmata, and reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Diseases of stress and trauma
Healing trauma and the power of the human spirit
