The Controversy of Exposure Therapy of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

In the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD) , the theory modes and technical opera-tion of exposure therapy are relatively simple, easy to operate and generalize, and its therapeutic effect is supported by a large amount of empirical research;however, exposure therapy of PTSD is a kind of therapy with high-risk and high expulsion rate and triggers some ethical controversies. The supporters and opponents of PTSD exposure therapy argued from the perspective of professional ethics of psychological counselor, safety risks, technical opera-tion hidden dangers, humanistic care and human nature instinct and so on.