aversion therapy

British  

noun

1. psychiatry a method of suppressing an undesirable habit, such as excessive smoking, by causing the subject to associate an unpleasant effect, such as an electric shock or nausea, with the habit

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aversion therapy

"Indeed NHS hospitals in every major city in England had aversion therapy suites precisely for this purpose."

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

About 15 years ago, Australian scientists designed a kind of aversion therapy.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023

When I finish an episode, I feel like I’ve just wrapped a session of aversion therapy.

From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2020

Burgs tells me his silent retreats and meditation courses are a form of aversion therapy, whereby people can confront their fear of doing nothing until it eventually dissipates.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2019

"In fact we rarely use electrical aversion therapy, at least as a treatment of first choice, with any of the patients referred to our clinic."

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2019