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- Dictionaryaversion therapy
noun
- 1. a type of behaviour therapy designed to make patients give up an undesirable habit by causing them to associate it with an unpleasant effect.
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Form of psychological testament
Aversion therapy is a form of psychological treatment in which the patient is exposed to a stimulus while simultaneously being subjected to some form of discomfort. This conditioning is intended to cause the patient to associate the stimulus with unpleasant sensations with the intention of quelling the targeted (sometimes compulsive) behavior. Wikipedia