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Bessel

[ bes-uhl ]

noun

  1. Frie·drich Wil·helm [free, -drik , wil, -helm, free, -d, r, i, kh, , vil, -helm], 1784–1846, German astronomer.


Bessel

/ ˈbɛsəl /

noun

  1. BesselFriedrich Wilhelm17841846MGermanSCIENCE: astronomerSCIENCE: mathematician Friedrich Wilhelm (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm). 1784–1846, German astronomer and mathematician. He made the first authenticated measurement of a star's distance (1841) and systematized a series of mathematical functions used in physics
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"The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma" by Bessel van der Kolk helped him understand and cope with trauma.

From Salon

“What is happening this winter already and what we can continue to expect is influenza and RSV are not going to be at unprecedented low levels,” said Banner Chief Clinical Officer Marjorie Bessel.

The author, psychiatrist and trauma researcher Bessel van der Kolk, said he is heartened by the “quite important and quite revolutionary” growing awareness of trauma and its effects.

Weston recommended “The Body Keeps The Score” by Bessel van der Kolk, for an analysis of how trauma impacts the body and the brain.

Talking about trauma has value, but it does not release it; as trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk noted in the title of his bestselling book, "the body keeps the score."

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