electroshock
16
7.5
- noun
- /ɪˌlɛktroʊˈʃɑk/
- Specialized
:
terapia electroconvulsiva
- But the first step is the admissions panel requires a psychological evaluation to determine whether or not the boy is a candidate for institutional treatment or electroshock therapy.
- electroshock therapy
- electroshock treatment
- electroshock treatment for depression
Examples
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Today I underwent my second series of electroshocks.
Fiction book (1994) -
Electroshock treatments go for 50,000 each.
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- What is it? - It's an electroshock therapy machine.
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I thought they stopped using electroshock.
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Sounds like you're a candidate for electroshock therapy, Tommy.
Fiction book (1995) -
Dr. Hart's work with the use of electroshock therapy to cure female hysteria is groundbreaking.
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Lorenson used a mild form of electroshock therapy... ...which disrupted his seizures.
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Electroshock therapy is sometimes used to treat severe electroshock when other treatments have failed.
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Many patients report that electroshock treatments helped alleviate their debilitating mental health symptoms.
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In the 20th century, electroshock therapy became a controversial method for treating various psychiatric disorders.
Synonyms
8
5.1
A treatment that uses electric shocks to treat severe mental illness
7
7.0
A medical treatment that sends a strong electric shock to the brain to treat severe depression
6
5.1
A medical treatment that uses a strong electric current through the brain to treat serious mental illness
4
5.8
A medical procedure that uses electric shocks to the brain to help severe mental illness
1
6.5
A medical treatment using brief electric shocks to the brain to reduce severe depression symptoms
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8.9
A medical treatment that sends small electric pulses to the brain for severe depression or other serious mental illness
Compounds
- Specialized
6
5.1
A medical treatment that uses a strong electric current through the brain to treat serious mental illness
How Intense
- Specialized
1
6.5
- Specialized
16
7.5
- Archaic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word electroshock joins electro-, from an old word for 'amber' that gave us 'electricity', and shock, which means a sudden 'jolt' or 'strike'. So electroshock means a sudden jolt of electricity to the brain, which is why it names that medical treatment.