Aversion Therapy
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There are two interventions that can be used for this case, one is aversion therapy and the other is covert sensitization. Aversion therapy can be used to overcome the addiction by learning a new behavior. “Even though in most cases, the aversion therapy tends to be used for psychological conditions that are more serious, in some cases it can be used for something minor as well.” (
The next intervention is covert sensitization, it is similar to the aversion therapy without the use of shock treatment and drugs. Covert sensitization uses images that the patient that stimulated the deviant behavior while showing the patient aversive images that make the patient uncomfortable to the point of being sick such as, images of snakes, spiders, rats, or any embarrassing social consequence. The patient is asked to relax and imagine the deviant behavior while in between seeing the uncomfortable images in between in order to link the unpleasant feelings with the behavior. This is done in a clinical setting with just the therapist and the patient. This is a learned therapy with the thought that all behavior, being deviant or otherwise, can be unlearned under the right circumstances.
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