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| Author | Year | Num. | Institution | Type | Publication | References and Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max | 1935 | ? | New York University | Aversion therapy | Psychological Bulletin | Max, Louis William. "Breaking Up a Homosexual Fixation by the Conditioned Reaction Technique: A Case Study," Psychological Bulletin (Washington, D.C.), Vol. 32 (1935): p. 734· |
| Freund | 1960 | 67 | University of Toronto | Aversion apomorphine therapy | Adult sexual interest and children | Kurt Freund, "Assessment of pedophilia," in Cook, M. & Howells, K. (eds.), Adult sexual interest in children, London: Academic Press, 1981, pp. 139-179. |
| James | 1962 | 1 | Glenside Hospital (Bristol, U.K.) | Aversion apomorphine therapy | British Medical Journal | BASIL JAMES, M.B., B.Ch., B.Sc., D.P.M., "CASE OF HOMOSEXUALITY TREATED BY AVERSION THERAPY" British Medical Journal, MARCH 17, 1962, p. 768. This study, published in 1962, reported a on the treatment of a single 40-year-old male. |
| Miller | 1963 | 4 | Howard University | Hypnotic Aversion | Journal of the National Medical Association | Miller, Michael M. "Hypnotic-Aversion Treatment of Homosexuality," Journal of the National Medical Association. Vol. 55, no. 5 (1963): p. 4II-15, 436. (P. 4II-13, 415.) |
| Thorpe, Schmidt, Brown, and Castell | 1964 | Banstead Hospital | Imaginary aversive therapy | Behavior Research Therapy | J. G. Thorpe, E. Schmidt, P. T. Brown and D. Castell, "Aversion-relief therapy: A new method for general application," Behavior Research and Therapy, Volume 2, Issue 1, May 1964, Pages 71-82 | |
| Golda, Neufelda | 1964 | 39 | Guy's Hospital | Imaginary aversive therapy | Behavior Research Therapy | Golda and Neufelda, "A learning approach to the treatment of homosexuality," Behavior Research and Therapy, 1964 October 20. |
| Golda, Neufelda | 1964 | 39 | Guy's Hospital | Imaginary aversive therapy | Behavior Research Therapy | Golda and Neufelda, "A learning approach to the treatment of homosexuality," Behavior Research and Therapy, 1964 October 20. |
| McGuire, Vallance | 1965 | 39 | Southern General Hospital | Aversive shock therapy | British Medical Journal | R. J. McGuire and M. Vallance, "Aversion Therapy by Electric Shock: a Simple Technique," British Medical Journal, 1964 January 18; 1(5376): 151-153. |
| MacCulloch, Pinschof & Feldman | 1965 | 4 | Crumpsall Hospital, Manchester, UK | Anticipatory avoidance with aversion shock therapy | Behaviour Research and Therapy | MacCulloch, M. J., Feldman, M. P. and Pinschof, J. M., "The application of anticipatory avoidance learning to the treatment of homosexuality—III : The sexual orientation method," Behaviour Research and Therapy Volume 4, Issue 4, November 1966, Pages 289-299. |
| Solyom & Miller | 1965 | 6 | Allan Memorial Institute | Aversion shock therapy | Behaviour Research and Therapy | Solyom, L., & Miller, S. (1965) A differential conditioning procedure as the initial phase of the behavior therapy of homosexuality. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 3, 147-160. |
| MacCulloch & Feldman | 1967 | 43 | Crumpsall Hospital (Manchester, U.K.) | Anticipatory avoidance with aversion shock therapy | British Medical Journal | M. J. MacCulloch and M. P. Feldman, "Aversion therapy in management of 43 homosexuals.", British Medical Journal 1967 June 3; 2(5552): 594-597. |
| Bancroft & Marks | 1968 | - | Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital | Electric aversion therapy | Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine | Bancroft & Marks, "Electric aversion therapy of sexual deviations.", Proc R Soc Med. 1968 August; 61(8): 796-799. |
| Fookes | 1969 | 27 | ? | Aversion shock therapy | British Journal of Psychiatry | B.H. Fookes, "Some Experiences in the Use of Aversion Therapy in Male Homosexuality, Exhibitionism and Fetishism-Transvestism," The British Journal of Psychiatry (1969) 115: 339-341. |
| Bancroft | 1969 | 16 | ? | Aversive shock therapy | The British Journal of Psychiatry | John Bancroft, "Aversion Therapy of Homosexuality," The British Journal of Psychiatry (1969) 115: 1417-1431. |
| McConaghy | 1969 | 40 | University of New South Wales | Aversion apomorphine therapy | The British Journal of Psychiatry | N. McConaghy, "Subjective and Penile Plethysmograph Responses Following Aversion-Relief and Apomorphine Aversion Therapy for Homosexual Impulses," The British Journal of Psychiatry (1969) 115: 723-730. |
| Barlow | 1973 | - | University of Mississippi | Variety | Behavior Therapy | Barlow, David H., "Increasing heterosexual responsiveness in the treatment of sexual deviation: A review of the clinical and experimental evidence," Behavior Therapy Volume 4, Issue 5, October 1973, Pages 655-671. |
| Birk, Huddleston, Miller, & Cohler | 1971 | 18 | Joint project from Harvard and University of Chicago | Aversive shock therapy vs. associative conditioning | Archives of General Psychiatry | Lee Birk et al., "Avoidance Conditioning for Homosexuality," Archives of General Psychiatry 1971;25(4):314-323. |
| Feldman, MacCulloch, & Orford | 1971 | 63 | Crumpsall Hospital | Aversive therapy | - | Feldman, M. P., MacCulloch, M. J., & Orford, J. E. (1971). Conclusions and speculations. In Homosexual behaviour: Therapy and assessment (pp. 156–188). Pergamon Press. |
| Colson | 1972 | 1 | Illinois State University | Olfactory aversion therapy | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | Charles E. Colson, "Olfactory aversion therapy for homosexual behavior," Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 3(3), 185–187. |
| Segal & Sims | 1972 | 1 | Murray State University | Covert sensitization | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology | Segal, B., & Sims, J., "Covert sensitization with a homosexual: A controlled replication," Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 39(2), 259–263. |
| Hallam & Rachman | 1972 | 7 | King's College, London | Aversion shock therapy | Behaviour Research and Therapy | R. S. Hallam & S. Rachman, "Some effects of aversion therapy on patients with sexual disorders," Behaviour Research and Therapy 10(2), 171–180. |
| Hanson & Adesso | 1972 | 1 | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee | Desensitization and aversive counter-conditioning | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | Hanson, R. W., & Adesso, V. J., "A multiple behavioral approach to male homosexual behavior: A case study", Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 3(4), 323–325. |
| McConaghy, Proctor, & Barr | 1972 | 40 | Prince Henry Hospital (Sydney, Australia) | Apomorphine aversion conditioning | Archives of Sexual Behavior | N. McConaghy et al., "Subjective and penile plethysmography responses to aversion therapy for homosexuality", Archives of Sexual Behavior 2(1), 65–78. |
| Callahan & Leitenberg | 1973 | 23 | Camarillo State Hospital, California | Aversion shock therapy | Journal of Abnormal Psychology | Callahan, E. J., & Leitenberg, H., "Aversion therapy for sexual deviation", Journal of Abnormal Psychology 81(1), 60–73. |
| McConaghy & Barr | 1973 | 46 | University of New South Wales | Classical conditioning, avoidance conditioning | The British Journal of Psychiatry | N. McConaghy & R. F. Barr, "Classical, Avoidance and Backward Conditioning Treatments of Homosexuality," The British Journal of Psychiatry 122, 151–162. |
| Tanner | 1974 | 16 | Center for Behavior Change | Aversion shock therapy | Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry | Barry A. Tanner, "Aversive shock issues", Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry 4(2), 113–115. |
| McConaghy | 1975 | 31 | University of New South Wales | Aversion shock therapy | Behaviour Research and Therapy | N. McConaghy, "Aversive and positive conditioning treatments of homosexuality", Behaviour Research and Therapy 13(4), 309–319. |
| Tanner | 1975 | 16 | Northeast Guidance Center | Aversion shock therapy | Behavior Therapy | Barry A. Tanner, "Avoidance training with and without booster sessions", Behavior Therapy 6(5), 649–653. |
| Freeman & Meyer | 1975 | 9 | University of Louisville | Aversion shock therapy | Behavior Therapy | William Freeman & Robert G. Meyer, "A behavioral alteration of sexual preferences in the human male," Behavior Therapy 6(2), 206–212. |
| McConaghy | 1976 | 157 | University of New South Wales | Aversion apomorphine therapy | The British Journal of Psychiatry | N. McConaghy, "Is a homosexual orientation irreversible?", The British Journal of Psychiatry 129, 556–563. |
| James | 1978 | 40 | Hollymoor Hospital, England | Anticipatory avoidance, desensitization, hypnosis | Behavior Therapy | Sheelah James, "Treatment of homosexuality II. Superiority of desensitization/arousal as compared with anticipatory avoidance conditioning: Results of a controlled trial," Behavior Therapy 9(1), 28–36. |
| McConaghy, Armstrong, & Blaszczynski | 1981 | 20 | University of New South Wales | Aversive therapy | Behaviour Research and Therapy | N. McConaghy et al., "Controlled comparison of aversive therapy and covert sensitization in compulsive homosexuality," Behaviour Research and Therapy 19, 425–434. |

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