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

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

According to Dr Tommy Dickinson - the Head of the Department of Mental Health Nursing at King's College London - electrical aversion therapy never became main-stream in the UK.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2019