Application of the learning approach to treatments and therapy's, aversion therapy

Question 1

What is aversion therapy?

Answer 1

Form of behavioural therapy which is aversive so causing a strong feeling of disgust and dislike
-stimulus is paired with undesirable behaviour to reduce or eliminate the behaviour alcohol misuse for instance

Question 2

How can alcohol misuse be sorted?

Answer 2

Pairing the alcohol with a emetic drug so patient associated vomiting with alcohol

Question 3

Name a type of emetic drug?

Answer 3

Disulfiram causing severe hangover symptoms

-There is no tolerance to it and could last up to two weeks