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Meanings of electroshock in English
Portuguese
eletroconvulsoterapia Catalan
electroxoc 
The administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma.
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Examples for "electroconvulsive therapy"
Examples for "electroconvulsive therapy"
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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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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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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 in English
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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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We watched Cynthia come back crying from electroshock once a week.
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They had equipment inside and they said things to me and delivered electroshock.
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Often they paired electroshock with the bright lights and music or word phrases.
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He pressed the remote, sending a painful electroshock through Nick's body.
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Sometimes it looked like her body came off the couch from the electroshock.
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An electroshock weapon longer and lighter than the force pike.
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Someone among the Big Hood lunatics was familiar with the concept of electroshock therapy?
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Isn't Party Crashing like an electroshock treatment for your depression?
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I saw lights, and color; blues, pinks, yellow, white, coupled with sound and electroshock.
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Like an electroshock, Isobel felt a surge of fear, mortification, stupidity, and liquid anger.
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They also used electroshock and light and sound equipment, combined with food and sleep deprivation.
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