PTSD By the Numbers
This gender is approximately twice as likely to develop PTSD following trauma exposure.
What are women?
This almond-shaped brain structure acts as the alarm system to detect threats and trigger fear responses.
What is the Amygdala?
This PTSD assessment tool contains 20 questions.
What is the PCL-5?
This is identified as the most empirically supported therapy for children and adolescents with PTSD.
What is Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT)?
The developer of the Adaptive Information Processing model used in EMDR.
Who is Francine Shapiro?
This estimated number of Americans are living with PTSD.
What is 13 million?
During persistent survival mode, the brain may stay in a state of one of these three autonomic nervous system responses, disrupting normal cognitive and emotional processing.
What is fight, flight, or freeze?
This condition is similar to PTSD but lasts for less than one month following trauma exposure.
What is acute stress disorder?
In prolonged exposure therapy, this technique involves repeatedly revisiting and recounting the traumatic event in a safe, controlled setting.
What is imaginal exposure?
Eye movements are an example of this structured protocol used in EMDR.
What is bilateral stimulation?
This percentage of adults with PTSD receive mental health treatment.
What is fewer than 60%?
This brain region normally acts as a brake on the amygdala's fear response.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This type of trauma is based on relational trauma throughout childhood and impacts a child's sense of self and attachments.
What is developmental trauma?
Developed in the late 1980s, this structured cognitive-behavioral therapy specifically focuses on how trauma alters beliefs about safety, trust, control, esteem, and intimacy.
What is Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)?
The 5th Phase of EMDR.
What is Installation?
PTSD is associated with 2-3 times higher risk of these co-occurring disorders.
What are depression and substance use disorders?
Chronic stress hormones that can further impair hippocampal function and mood regulation involve the dysregulation of this substance.
What is cortisol?
Traumatic exposure includes experiencing, witnessing or learning about a traumatic event (actual or threatened) involving one or more of these three categories.
What is death, serious injury or sexual violence?
In Cognitive Processing Therapy, these are inaccurate or extreme trauma-related beliefs like self-blame or overgeneralization.
What are stuck points?
This ego state contains authentic feelings, spontaneity, creativity, and early experiences.
What is the Child ego state?
Among veterans, this is the range of lifetime PTSD prevalence depending on service era.
What is 7 percent to 15 percent?
Paced breathing and visualization techniques allow an individual to actively modulate the rise and fall of bodily energy and calm emotional states by engaging this physiological mechanism.
What is the vagal brake?
In this age group, trauma often manifests as fear of separation, nightmares, crying or screaming, and poor appetite.
What are preschool-aged children?
This involves systematically revisiting and recounting traumatic experiences during therapy sessions, allowing clients to confront and re-evaluate their memories, helping clients integrate these memories into their broader life narrative, which reduces their emotional impact.
What is Trauma Memory Reprocessing?
These ego states can be negotiated and re-integrated to reduce internal fragmentation.
What are fragile or traumatized ego states?