Psychological Trauma

About the Book

Since the subject of “psychological trauma” has become popularized, and as a result of the mushrooming industry of lay therapists, the strength of this publication relies on the expertise of the author in addressing a wide array of trauma-related material. It begins with a description of the full scope of trauma-related symptoms and syndromes. The author pays special attention to the subject of the crucial role of early attachment and nurture. There is a significant body of didactic material balanced by personal reports of known trauma-vignettes which are dissected using the language established by known trauma experts.

About the Author

After graduating Medical School in 1974 at WITS University in Johannesburg, Dr Trappler spent three years as a House-Officer in Medicine, Surgery, Pediatrics, and Intensive Coronary Care. After passing his written examination of the Royal College of Physicians of London he attended a 3-year Residency in Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and in 1981 graduated as a Psychiatrist at the Royal College of Physicians of Canada, obtaining the highest score in the Board Examination in the country. He moved to Brooklyn in 1981, where he completed a two-year Fellowship in Psychosomatic Medicine. Dr. Trappler was appointed Assistant Professor in Biological Research at Columbia University from 1988 to 1994. He became Associate Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the State University of New York at Brooklyn from 1994-2010. During this time he was Associate Medical Director of the Anxiety Clinic at SUNY Downstate, Director of Training in Psycho-Pathology at SUNY Medical School, Lecturer in Pharmacology, and Deputy Director of Geriatric Fellowship Program

As Co-Director in Neuroscience Education, he was charged by the Dean to represent the Department in developing an Integrated Neuroscience Curriculum at the SUNY Medical School at Downstate.

As Director of psychiatric inpatient education he supervised residents, psychiatric fellows, and psychology doctoral interns using an integrated model of group and individual psychotherapy as well as teaching pharmacotherapy.
Dr. Trappler`s clinical research, individual case-reports and letters to editors have been published in various peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Psychiatry and the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
He has also served as a referee for several prestigious psychiatric journals, including the Journal of Clinical Psychology, Journal of Traumatic Stress, Annals of Psychopharmacology, and Acta Scandinavia.