| Abbreviation | Term |
| ACT | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy |
| ACRM | American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine |
| ACC | Anterior Cingulate Cortex |
| ANS | Autonomic Nervous System |
| CEN | Central Executive Network |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CPTSD | Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| CRPS | Complex Regional Pain Syndrome |
| DMN | Default Mode Network |
| DSM-5-TR | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th ed Text Revision |
| DAI | Diffuse axonal injury |
| DSO | Disturbances in self-organization |
| EAET | Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy |
| GABA | Gamma-aminobutyric Acid |
| GCS | Glasgow Coma Scale |
| HPA | Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal |
| IASP | International Association for the Study of Pain |
| ITQ | International Trauma Questionnaire |
| LOC | Loss of Consciousness |
| MTBI | Mild Traumatic Brain Injury |
| MBI | Mindfulness-Based Interventions |
| MVA | Motor Vehicle Accident |
| MPI | Multidimensional Pain Inventory |
| MESSY | Multi-Modal Evaluation of Sensory Sensitivity |
| NA | Nucleus accumbens |
| PNS | Peripheral Nervous System |
| PPCS | Persistent post-concussion syndrome |
| PTA | Post Traumatic Amnesia |
| PTSD | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| PFC | Prefrontal Cortex |
| SSD | Somatic Symptom Disorder |
| SNS | Sympathetic Nervous System |
| TKA | Total knee arthroplasty |
| WCST | Wisconsin Card Sorting Test |