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Trauma & PTSD Quiz
EMDR, prolonged exposure, the body keeps the score — modern trauma treatment
EMDR, prolonged exposure, the body keeps the score — modern trauma treatment
Bessel van der Kolk's "The Body Keeps the Score" was on the New York Times bestseller list for over five years — and EMDR therapy is now recommended by the APA, WHO, and VA despite ongoing debates about its mechanism. Trauma treatment has evolved from "shell shock" and Freud's case studies to modern evidence-based therapies like Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure, and Trauma-Focused CBT. This quiz covers PTSD diagnosis, history, and the latest treatments.
Each round presents 10 randomized questions from a pool of 50, with four multiple-choice options and instant feedback after every answer. Your final score comes with a performance tier and shareable results.
You'll explore DSM-5 PTSD criteria, the history of "shell shock" and "soldier's heart," ACEs, EMDR and Francine Shapiro, MDMA-assisted therapy, ICD-11's Complex PTSD, IFS, polyvagal theory, the window of tolerance, and how memory reconsolidation may underlie trauma processing.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a DSM-5 condition that follows exposure to threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence. It involves four symptom clusters: intrusion, avoidance, negative changes in cognition/mood, and altered arousal and reactivity.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an 8-phase trauma-focused therapy developed by Francine Shapiro in 1989. It uses bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements) while patients hold trauma memories in mind, and is recommended by the APA, WHO, and VA.
Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk wrote the 2014 bestseller 'The Body Keeps the Score,' synthesizing his work at the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts. The book stayed on the New York Times bestseller list for more than five years.
Last updated: May 2026