Gary James Bergera cites Sept. 22, 1969 BYU Vice-President's Minutes as the source for a claim that BYU curtailed "electrical aversive therapy" due to religious considerations.
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- Gary James Bergera LDS
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Gary James Bergera and Ronald Priddis, Brigham Young University: A House of Faith (Salt Lake city: Signature Books. 1985), 81
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- Signature Books
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- Signature Books, Ronald Priddis, Gary James Bergera
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In late 1969, university administrators curtailed the on-campus use of “electrical aversive therapy” in treating “sneezing, twitching, hiccups, thumb sucking, nail biting, bed wetting, and sexual deviancy” because of religious considerations (Vice-Presidents’ Minutes, 22 Sept. 1969).
- BHR Staff Commentary
The text by Bergera does not seem to present in the September 22, 1969 minutes and the minutes do not indicate any curtailing of aversion therapy for religious reasons.
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