Psychotherapy and Quantum Field Theory (QFT) Page 3

Triggers for victims of terrorist attacks

  • Place MEN arena
  • Smell
  • Sensation
  • Texture
  • Sound of explosion
  • Sound of sirens and emergency services
  • Taste
  • Touch
  • Anniversary
  • Memory thought or feeling
  • Somatic e g blown off feet and onto ground

Cranial nerves origin from stem of brain

Different neural systems at different time points: amygdala & OFC

Different neural systems at different time points: amygdala & OFC

PTSD: hormonal changes

Classical triggering response

LeDoux,
Scientific American, 1994

The brain’s segmented processing capabilities

From Scientific American

Psychotherapy: roads to processing

Amygdala

Amygdala

Working with tsunami victims

Coordination of threat response by fear centre on automatic pilot

Institute of Medicine on best type of psychotherapy in terrorist attacks

…scientific evidence on treatment modalities for PTSD does not reach the level of certainty that would be desired for such a common and serious condition among veterans… additional high quality research is essential for every treatment modality.

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