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aversion therapy



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About 15 years ago, Australian scientists designed a kind of aversion therapy.

From Science Magazine Oct. 11, 2023

But mostly this struck me as the sort of spot you might encounter in aversion therapy.

From Slate Feb. 3, 2020

Burgs tells me his silent retreats and meditation courses are a form of aversion therapy, whereby people can confront their fear of doing nothing until it eventually dissipates.

From The Guardian Dec. 27, 2019

"In fact we rarely use electrical aversion therapy, at least as a treatment of first choice, with any of the patients referred to our clinic."

From BBC Sep. 30, 2019

A spokesperson for Queen's University Belfast said that, regrettably, aversion therapy was used in a number of situations in the past.

From BBC Sep. 30, 2019




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