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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Policy. 2010 Jun 16;97(2-3):93–104. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.05.013

Table 3.

Discredited Techniques in Addiction Treatment

Certainly Discredited
Electrical stimulation of the head
Past-life therapy
Electric shock therapy
Psychedelic medication
Ultra-rapid opioid detoxification under anesthesia for alcohol dependence
Neuro-Linguistic Programming
Scared Straight
Stimulant medications for alcohol dependence
Probably Discredited
DARE prevention programs
Synanon-style boot camps
Apomorphine for alcohol dependence
Lithium carbonate for alcohol dependence
Electrical aversion therapy
Beta-blocker for alcohol dependence
Dopamine precursor for alcohol dependence
Chlordiazepoxide for alcohol dependence
Videotape self-confrontation

Source: Fala et al. (2008)