electroshock therapy
nounDefinition of electroshock therapy
: the treatment of mental illness and especially depression by the application of electric current to the head of a usually anesthetized patient that induces unconsciousness and convulsive seizures in the brain
— called also electroconvulsive therapy
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Treatments included bed rest and electroshock therapy. — Mike Mariani, The New Yorker, "A Town for People with Chronic Fatigue," 3 Sep. 2019 In season two, Eleven meets Ray Carroll, a former orderly at the Hawkins National Laboratory who was in charge of electroshock therapy and therefor tortured Eleven's mom, damaging her brain. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Who is Dr. Brenner from "Stranger Things" and is He Still Alive?," 19 July 2019 Depending on your views, he either administered electroshock therapy to the sport or disgraced it? — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, "50 Parting Thoughts From the 2019 French Open: Rafa, Barty and So Much More," 9 June 2019 My therapists had recommended extreme treatments like electroshock therapy, a procedure that frightened me due to reports of memory loss from those who had undergone it, but had never mentioned this. — Alice Levitt, Vox, "I tried ketamine to treat my depression. Within a day, I felt relief.," 24 July 2018 If not, electroshock therapy would be my next step. — Alice Levitt, Vox, "I tried ketamine to treat my depression. Within a day, I felt relief.," 24 July 2018 Some who have experienced them report being forced to ingest nausea-inducing drugs and subjected to electroshock therapy while viewing homoerotic images, practices designed to condition a negative reaction to their homosexual feelings. — Robbie Short, SFChronicle.com, "‘Conversion therapy’ for gays would be sharply limited under California bill," 1 July 2018 An earlier book, Loved, about a woman whose electroshock therapy sends her into alternate realities and times, is being developed for the screen by Madonna. — Andy Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Little House on the Prairie' Bio, Andrew Greer's Comedic Novel Win Pulitzer Book Prizes," 16 Apr. 2018 Unfortunately, Mama doesn't have the answers — she's stuck in a dream circle reliving key moments in Eleven's abduction and her own electroshock therapy. — Patti Greco, Cosmopolitan, "Eleven Is Better Off Without the Boys on Stranger Things 2," 30 Oct. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'electroshock therapy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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