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The Behaviourist Approach
Therapy: Aversion therapy
Weaknesses
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Cards (5)
What unethical treatment was attempted to make gay men straight?
Drugs
to induce sickness and exposure to naked men
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Why might patients refuse to participate in the treatment?
The treatment is
extreme
and unacceptable
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What percentage of patients refused or stopped the treatment in 1992?
50%
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What is symptom substitution in the context of therapy?
A patient replaces one
addiction
with another
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Why is the therapy considered ineffective due to symptom substitution?
It does not address the underlying
addiction
issues
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