Aversion-relief therapy: A new method for general application

Cognitive and physiological indices of sexual arousal in homosexual, bisexual, and heterosexual males

“…A variety of stimulus modalities have been used to evaluate the male sexual response, including fantasies (Marks and Gelder, 1967;Thorpe et al, 1964), movies (Herman et al, 1971;McConaghy, 1967McConaghy, , 1969, and slides or pictures (Davison, 1968;Feldman and MacCulloch, 1971;Thorpe et al, 1963). Abel et al (1975), however, found that videotapes generated the highest level of arousal, audiotapes the lowest, and slides an intermediate level of sexual arousal in male homosexuals presented with erotic and neutral stimuli.…”

A comparison of the differential effects of four aversive procedures utilizing electric shock on smoking behavior

“…Follow-up (12 months) indicated complete suppression of the exhibitionist activity, moderate success in the case of the suicidal ruminator (three-month follow-up), and little if any improvement on the job after 101 shock sessions for the hand contractor. The last-mentioned patient's teletypewriter performance was much improved during treatment sessions, however, Thorpe et al . (1964) used a technique which they called "aversion relief therapy" in treating three "homosexuals" (two were called latent), one fetishist, one phobic, one obsessivecompulsive, and one depressive compulsive eater.…”

“…, 1938;Muenzinger and Powloski, 1951;Prince, 1956). And, there have been studies showing that, under certain conditions, Ss prefer continued exposure to punishment , even though non-punishing alternatives are available (Brown et al . , 1964;Sandler, 1964).…”

The Aversion Therapy Treatment of a Heterogeneous Group of Five Cases of Sexual Deviation

“…A review of reports of aversion therapy techniques used to treat sexual deviations other than homosexuality has been provided by Feldman (1966). Very small series of one or two cases abounded in this area of research, examples being Raymond (1956), Thorpe, Schmidt, Brown & Castell (1964) and Barker (1965). There were two exceptions to the general rule.…”