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Date: October 30, 2012 06:38PM
Max Ford McBride’s Ph.D. dissertation in psychology documents his use of electric shock aversion therapy at BYU, “Effect of Visual Stimulation Electric Shock Therapy,” Ph.D., BYU 1976.
The dissertation is listed in BYU’s online catalog. Hard copy is available from UMI
http://il.proquest.com/brand/umi.shtmlFacsimiles of some of the pages of the dissertation are available at the following link near the bottom of the site along with further information about electrical shocks being administered to Gay male BYU students at BYU. Footnotes are included.
http://connellodonovan.com/abom.htmlAs of this writing, Max McBride is clinical psychologist at 1055 N 300 W # 414, Provo, UT 84604 (801) 357 7757.
Electric shocks were also administered to Gay men by Robert D. Card, Ph.D., he is now retired.
In the early 1980s, I met personally with Card. I was in my 20s and finally coming out of the closet. Having been through two (2) church courts, I was desperate to “not be gay” and be a Mormon. I also had been through the LDS Social Services "we can make you straight" program of the day. It didn’t work.
Having grown up in rural Utah as a TBM and being a returned missionary, Mormonism was the only life I knew. Homosexuality was the sin next to murder and in that time and location an embarrassment to me as well as my family.
I saw Card on a program on KUED where he talked about his electric shock “treatment” for gay men. I made an appointment and met with him. Did I mention I paid him for the privilege? He explained how he would have me place a monitor on my penis and then show me gay dirty movies. If I became aroused, I would be given an electrical shock.
I think someone would have to be a real pervert to devise such a system.
As desperate as I was to “not be gay,” I came out of the meeting convinced that God did not require me to receive electrical shocks. In the prior 3 years I had no success at remaining celibate and decided that the only other option was to leave the Mormon church which I believed in and loved.
I suppose I should be grateful.
I started attending Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons. Sometimes making a 4 hour round trip on a week night after work. It saved my life.