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Putin says it worked on him so all Russian men will get to try it now.



A 24-year-old Russian man has allegedly been ôcured of the disease of homosexualityö after a controversial new treatment reports the Moscow
Herald.

Mikhail Koudrine, no longer suffers from ôsymptoms of homosexualityö
after
he successfully underwent a new controversial electroshock therapy by the Russian Institute for Medical Sciences in Novosibirsk.

The new 13-week program, which is still under federal evaluation, uses a variety of methods such as electroshock therapy, hypnotherapy, prolonged exposition to music, sleep deprivation as well as the use of drugs such
as
LSD.

ôI am very proud of me and of my country if I have helped find a cure to
the disease of homosexuality, Even though I still suffer from episodes of memory loss and small episodic blackouts, I still think it was worth it,ö
he admitted to reporters.

Even though a number of countries such as China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran
have already publicly shown their interest in the new treatment, the controversial methods raise a number of ethical questions, explains Dr.
Andrew Borowski, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago.

ôI understand that the study is done upon consenting individuals, but we
are talking about putting patients into prolonged periods of sleep
deprivation for several days through the administration of barbiturates,
drugs that depress the central nervous system, and LSD,ö he explained.

ôThis is followed by massive doses of electroshock therapy over the
course
of several weeks, ultimately reducing patients to a childlike state,ö he continued, visibly worried.

ôThe method consists essentially of the administration of two to four electroshocks daily to the point where the patient develops acute
confusion, disorientation, and interference with learned habits of eating
and bladder and bowel control.ö

A Russian Institute for Medical Sciences spokesman has assured that all experiments have been conducted on ôconsenting participantsö who wished
to
ôchange their lives in a positive mannerö and that all procedures have
been conducted by medical professionals in a highly ethical way.

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