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Queerness in Medicine

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Chemical Aversion Therapy - What Is It?

There were numerous treatments that were used to cure homosexuality. Alan Shawron received chemical castration or estrogen treatment. My book and my work specifically focused on aversion therapies. Electrical aversion therapy involved an electric shock in conjunction with looking at images of men. Chemical aversion therapy was much more invasive so the patient was nursed on as an inpatient on a psychiatric ward.

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