Read the editors' background information on E. Ann Kaplan and her excerpt from Trauma Culture, and review the background information on Sigmund Freud and the excerpt from The Interpretation of Dreams (783-793) and Bessel A. van der Kolk's “The Assessment and Treatment of Complex PTSD”Preview the document. Then, in a response of at least 600 words, address the following questions:
What type of evidence does Freud provide in the assigned excerpt to support his theory that the Oedipus Complex affects most, if not all, children?
Is his evidence convincing, in your opinion?
Bessel van der Kolk begins his article with a quotation about incest from the 1972 Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry. What does the textbook claim about "father-daughter incest," and how do its claims relate to Freud's Oedipus Complex?
Finally, according to E. Ann Kaplan, how do Freud's ideas about the causes of trauma symptoms change over his writings on the subject?
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