Trauma Bestseller Misstates Scientific Evidence

The article argues that The Body Keeps the Score contains major factual errors and overextends findings about trauma’s prevalence and bodily effects, including claims about trauma without memory. It uses concrete counter‑evidence (e.g., a 1973 obstetric study) to show that distressing birth events don’t support PTSD narratives as presented. — Debunking a canonical trauma text matters because its claims steer clinical practice, school programming, media framing, and public health priorities.