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. 2026 Mar 21;23(3):401. doi: 10.3390/ijerph23030401
9/11 11 September 2001
WTC World Trade Center
PTSD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
EBT Evidence-Based Treatment
PE Prolonged Exposure
CPT Cognitive Processing Therapy
EMDR Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
FDNY Fire Department of New York
VNS Vagus Nerve Stimulation
taVNS Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation
tcVNS Transcutaneous Cervical Vagus Nerve Stimulation
CAPS-5 Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for DSM-5
PCL-5 PTSD Checklist for DSM-5
PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9
GAD-7 Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item scale
PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
IRB Institutional Review Board
CONSORT Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
IDE Investigational Device Exemption
TENS Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
ISO International Organization for Standardization
M.I.N.I. Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview
C-SSRS Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale
WTCHP World Trade Center Health Program
ANOVA Analysis of Variance
M Mean
SD Standard Deviation
fMRI functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
IL-6 Interleukin-6