| 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 |