aversion therapy

Noun
  1. Any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way;
    Primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success) (synset 100702744)
    is a type of: behavior modification, behavior therapy - psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior

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