Volume I aims to overcome conceptual flaws that have plagued the trauma field to date. It
proposes new definitions of trauma and derivative concepts as well as a dimension of
trauma-related disorders. Volume II analyzes the concepts of personality self consciousness
self-consciousness dissociation in trauma and dissociative parts. It also explores the
biopsychosocial features of these parts and presents supportive empirical findings.New
Definitions of Trauma and Derivative Concepts