Myths regarding exposure therapy for PTSD Original Research Article

Considerable evidence exists for the efficacy and tolerability of exposure therapy for PTSD (cf. ; . However, the use of exposure therapy in real-world settings has lagged behind such findings. It is our belief that this gap between science and practice is partly due to several clinical myths regarding the use of exposure therapy. In this article, we outline four such myths, discuss relevant empirical findings, and argue that exposure therapy is indeed applicable for the treatment of a variety of patients with PTSD by clinicians in a variety of real-world settings.