Definitions
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- abbreviation electroconvulsive therapy
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- initialism
electroconvulsive therapy
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Examples
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Do the Catholics in ECT right now take the same position on justification as Neuhaus and Dulles?
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Querulous – ECT is a tricky one, I think, as it’s interesting to hear you say (and I know you have professional authority to say it with) that it does help.
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And then of course there's ECT, which is supposed to be a wonderful modern invention: electricity has been used for years to "heal" people's who are mentally ill, though it is still not understood what the mechanism is that makes it work.
Electricity: the Road to Health Heather McDougal 2007
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And then of course there's ECT, which is supposed to be a wonderful modern invention: electricity has been used for years to "heal" people's who are mentally ill, though it is still not understood what the mechanism is that makes it work.
Archive 2007-09-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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As I have been reintroduced into my world by electroconvulsive therapy more commonly known as ECT for those oh-so-fortunately familiar with it and electroshock for those who are notreintroduced to my life at the ripe old age of fifty-two.
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher 2008
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As I have been reintroduced into my world by electroconvulsive therapy more commonly known as ECT for those oh-so-fortunately familiar with it and electroshock for those who are notreintroduced to my life at the ripe old age of fifty-two.
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher 2008
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As I have been reintroduced into my world by electroconvulsive therapy more commonly known as ECT for those oh-so-fortunately familiar with it and electroshock for those who are notreintroduced to my life at the ripe old age of fifty-two.
Wishful Drinking Carrie Fisher 2008
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How common is it, then to use what we're calling ECT?
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There is no evidence, however, of cerebral anoxia during succinylcholine-modified ECT, which is probably explained by the very small amounts of oxygen used up peripherally by the paralyzed muscles.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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When there was no improvement after the first week, Dr. Masterson continued to explain, he considered electroconvulsive treatment, or ECT, which is the equivalent of rebooting a computer versus determining the reason for the errors.
Body of Evidence Patricia Cornwell 1991
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