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Meanings of electroshock therapy in English
Portuguese
eletroconvulsoterapia Catalan
electroxoc 
The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
Synonyms
Examples for "electroshock"
Examples for "electroshock"
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They even hooked up their penises to electroshock as a trauma-programming tactic.
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They must have been giving him electroshock and God knows what else.
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He wanted electroshock therapy but it was never the right time to ask.
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Former colonists have said people were subjected to beatings, electroshock therapy and drugging.
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There were all different sorts of chairs; some were for electroshock.
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There is something called electroconvulsive therapy treatment and many view as very inhumane.
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A session of electroconvulsive therapy was about to begin.
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While there she was given massive doses of medication and electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT by Dr Leeks.
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The physical properties of the electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) stimulus markedly affect both efficacy and side effects.
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Cognitive behavioral therapy can also be useful, and electroconvulsive therapy is available for patients with severe refractory PSD.
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Twenty-two patients with major depression received a course of right unilateral ECT.
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High relapse rates after ECT remain a serious and common clinical dilemma.
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Although objective deficits are demonstrable, patients generally report improved memory after ECT.
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She said she became institutionalised to the point of asking for ECT.
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Volume change for electrode placement per ECT session varied similarly by hemisphere.
Usage of electroshock therapy in English
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He wanted electroshock therapy but it was never the right time to ask.
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Former colonists have said people were subjected to beatings, electroshock therapy and drugging.
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Someone among the Big Hood lunatics was familiar with the concept of electroshock therapy?
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But I do know that you don't give a person electroshock therapy to restore memories.
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Or, at least, he could until he was sent for electroshock therapy, which ruined his memory.
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Henry overhears his brother on the phone to Cora saying Counselling, hell, I'd have electroshock therapy.
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My own dad supports a Vice President who believes in using electroshock therapy to "cure" homosexuality.
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And electroshock therapy (officially called electroconvulsive therapy) is safe and effective and often works in the most stubborn cases.
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I knew she'd been through severe testing and was forced to take various-anddangerous-experimentaldrugs, and had to undergo electroshock therapy.
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Artemis knew that there were many reputable institutes around the world that still used electroshock therapy to deal with various psychotic illnesses.
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I spent the next 3 years of my life in hospitals, law offices, juvenile detention centers, and suffered through pills and electroshock therapy.
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Employing electroshock therapy, sensory deprivation and drug-induced comas, these experiments helped develop some of the "coercive interrogation techniques" that have been practised in Guantánamo Bay.
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The obstacles There is a wide range of creatively named obstacles like Arctic Enema, Pyramid Scheme and Electroshock Therapy.
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The last obstacle, Electroshock Therapy, is a field of dangling wires which will blast you with 10 000 volts.