electric shock therapy
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electric shock therapy — noun or electric shock treatment also electric shock or electric therapy : electroshock therapy … Useful english dictionary
electric shock therapy — e.lectric shock .therapy n [U] a method of treatment for mental illness that involves sending electricity through someone s brain = ↑ECT … Dictionary of contemporary English
electric convulsive therapy — electric shock therapy electroconvulsive t … Medical dictionary
electric shock therapy — noun (U) a method of treatment for mental illness that involves sending electricity through someone s brain … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
electric shock treatment — noun see electric shock therapy … Useful english dictionary
Shock therapy — or shock treatment may refer to: A form of aversion therapy in which an electric shock is used as a negative stimulus Electroconvulsive therapy, or electroshock, a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in anaesthetized… … Wikipedia
shock therapy — n the treatment of mental disorder by the artificial induction of coma or convulsions through use of drugs or electric current called also convulsive therapy see ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY … Medical dictionary
electric shock — n 1) SHOCK (3) 2) ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY * * * the immediate effects produced by the passage of an electric current through any part of the body, e.g., painful stimulation of nerves or tetanic contractions of muscles … Medical dictionary
shock therapy — n. a method of treating certain mental disorders by applying electric current to the brain or, less often, by injecting drugs: it results in convulsion or coma: also shock treatment … English World dictionary
electric shock treatment — n ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY … Medical dictionary
