Definitions
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- noun medicine, electricity
electroconvulsive therapy - verb medicine, electricity to administer electroconvulsive therapy
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- noun the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
Etymologies
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To begin, one needs to ask what psychiatrists actually mean when they call electroshock effective.
Home [Your Name Here] 2010
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To begin, one needs to ask what psychiatrists actually mean when they call electroshock effective.
Home [Your Name Here] 2010
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To begin, one needs to ask what psychiatrists actually mean when they call electroshock effective.
Home [Your Name Here] 2010
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To begin, one needs to ask what psychiatrists actually mean when they call electroshock effective.
Home [Your Name Here] 2010
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The Times obit states he even tried electroshock, which is just heartbreaking.
DFW THOUGHTS N A 2008
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It's best known as electroshock therapy, electrically shocking the brain to produce a seizure, a procedure many only know from its portrayal by Jack Nicholson in the movie "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest."
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We have these folks to thanks for lobotomies and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock, both of which are controversial at best.
Gazette.com : 2010
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We have these folks to thanks for lobotomies and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock, both of which are controversial at best.
Gazette.com : 2010
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as electroshock therapy, is typically used to treat severe depression.
[Help] Most Recent Posts the_magic_monke 2009
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Still others may undergo electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also called electroshock therapy.
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