COMMUNITY TREATMENT CENTER

                    Aversion Therapy

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      Addictive behaviors create social, mental and physical disorders in people's lives.

These addictions can be broadly classified into two categories: substance addition and behavior

additions. While drugs, alcohol, and nicotine come under substance addiction; shopping,

gambling, over eating, workaholic patterns etc. are behavioral addictions.

     What is aversion therapy? The aversion therapy is based on the concept of classic

conditioning, where an unwanted/aversive stimulus...