Coding is a catch-all term for Russian and post-Soviet alternative therapeutic methods used to treat addictions, in which a therapist tries to frighten patients into abstinence by convincing them they will be harmed or killed if they use the substance again. Practitioners pretend to insert a code into the patient brain that will provoke a severe reaction if the substance is used, combining theatrics, hypnosis, placebos and drugs with temporary adverse effects; the method was created by Soviet and Ukrainian psychiatrist Aleksandr Dovzhenko.
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Coding is a catch-all term for various Russian and post-Soviet alternative therapeutic methods used to treat addictions, in which the therapist attempts to scare patients into abstinence from a substance they are addicted to by convincing them that they will be harmed or killed if they use it again.
Coding (therapy) (Wikipedia)
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various Russian and post-Soviet alternative therapeutic methods used to treat addictions
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