Abstract
Treatment for alcoholism based upon the formation of a conditioned aversion response to alcohol appears to have enjoyed some popularity during the 1940’s. Except in a few clinics, conditioning therapy is in little use today. The present communication describes a pilot investigation of a new method of producing a conditioned aversion response to alcohol which goes some way toward avoiding the difficulties met with in previous techniques.
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Sanderson, R.E., Campbell, D., Laverty, S.G. (1964). An Investigation of a New Aversive Conditioning Treatment for Alcoholism. In: Franks, C.M. (eds) Conditioning Techniques in Clinical Practice and Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-39876-0_15
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