aversion therapy

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

From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023

When I finish an episode, I feel like I’ve just wrapped a session of aversion therapy.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 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

On 9 October 2019 the Rainbow Project and Queen's Students' Union held a protest outside the university in response to revelations around the use of electric aversion therapy.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 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