Behavioral Skin Shock Saves Individuals With Severe Behavior Disorders from a Life of Seclusion, Restraint and/or Warehousing as Well as the Ravages of Psychotropic Medication: Reply to the MDRI Appeal to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture
June 8, 2010 Matthew L. Israel's, Ph.D., position of the Judge Rotenberg Center report, "Behavioral Skin Shock Saves Individuals with Severe Behavior Disorders from a Life of Seclusion, Restraint and/or Warehousing as Well as the Ravages of Psychotropic Medication: Reply to the MDRI Appeal to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture", responds to the accusations about behavioral skin shock and explains why aversive therapy is very safe and an important treatment option for those with behavioral health illnesses. This report presents his position on supporting aversive therapy. Download the Report . . .
