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aversion therapy [ə′vər·zhən ‚ther·ə·pē] (psychology) A behavior therapy technique intended to suppress undesirable behavior by pairing a stimulus associated with an undesirable behavior together with a painful or unpleasant stimulus. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Certainly there's an ugly history of quackery and mistreatment--one theory of homosexuality was that gay men's nerves were misrouted from the penis to the anus and "treatments" have included lobotomy, castration, electroshock, and aversion therapy. If none of these measures work, then aversion therapy may be the only solution. Officials alleged he was tied up and fed alcohol as aversion therapy. |
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