aversion therapy

English

Noun

aversion therapy (countable and uncountable, plural aversion therapies)

1. A form of psychological treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while simultaneously being subjected to some form of discomfort.
   • 1973 December 22, Satya, “It Is Not We Who Must Change”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 27, page 3:

     Dr. O.I. Lovass, Director of the UCLA Psychology clinic, has offered free treatment involving shock and other forms of aversion therapy for male children ages 3 to 7 who show gay tendencies (such as playing with dolls, aversion to boy's games and violence, being too friendly with girls, or using "feminine" behavior.)

Translations

treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while being subjected to discomfort

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 厭惡療法／厌恶疗法 (yànwù liáofǎ)

• Finnish: aversioterapia, poisehdollistaminen
• French: thérapie aversive f
• Russian: аверси́вная терапи́я f (aversívnaja terapíja)
• Spanish: terapia de aversión f