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Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an M.F.A. is now. To be sent away was a badge of honor; to undergo electroshock, a glorious martyrdom.
Walter Kirn

Meaning of "electroshock" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ELECTROSHOCK

electroshock  [ɪˈlektrəʊʃɒk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ELECTROSHOCK

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Electroshock is a noun.
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WHAT DOES ELECTROSHOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

electroshock

Electroconvulsive therapy

Electroconvulsive therapy, formerly known as electroshock, is a standard psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced in patients to provide relief from psychiatric illnesses. ECT is usually used as a last line of intervention for major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, mania and catatonia. A usual course of ECT involves multiple administrations, typically given two or three times per week until the patient is no longer suffering symptoms. It was first introduced in 1938 by Italian neuropsychiatrists Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini, and gained widespread popularity among psychiatrists as a form of treatment in the 1940s and 1950s. In western fiction, it is usually depicted as a painful procedure, but in western countries ECT is administered under anesthetic with a muscle relaxant. About 70 percent of ECT patients are women, possibly because they are at twice the risk for depression as men. Although a large amount of research has been carried out, the exact mechanism of action of ECT remains elusive, and successful ECT is usually followed by medication treatment.

Definition of electroshock in the English dictionary

The definition of electroshock in the dictionary is an electric current passed through part of the body.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ELECTROSHOCK


aftershock
ˈɑːftəˌʃɒk
antishock
ˌæntɪˈʃɒk
choc
tʃɒk
chock
tʃɒk
foreshock
ˈfɔːˌʃɒk
kazachok
ˌkɑːzəˈtʃɒk
shock
ʃɒk
woodshock
ˈwʊdˌʃɒk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ELECTROSHOCK

electropositive
electropuncture
electroreceptor
electrorheological
electrorheology
electroscope
electroscopic
electroshock therapy
electrosonde
electrostatic
electrostatic field
electrostatic generator
electrostatic lens
electrostatic precipitation
electrostatic unit
electrostatically
electrostatics
electrostriction
electrosurgery
electrosurgical

WORDS THAT END LIKE ELECTROSHOCK

acoustic shock
anaphylactic shock
corn shock
culture shock
electric shock
electrical shock
forehock
hock
hollyhock
in hock
insulin shock
Mohock
shell shock
short sharp shock
surgical shock
thermal shock

Synonyms and antonyms of electroshock in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «electroshock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ELECTROSHOCK

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电击
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electroshock
570 millions of speakers

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electroshock
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electroshock
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الكهربية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

электрошок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

eletrochoque
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electroshock
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électrochoc
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Electroshock
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Translator English - German

Elektroschock
180 millions of speakers

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電気ショック
130 millions of speakers

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전기 충격
85 millions of speakers

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Electroshock
85 millions of speakers
vi

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electroshock
80 millions of speakers

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electroshock
75 millions of speakers

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इलेक्ट्रॉशॉक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

elektroşok
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

elettroshock
65 millions of speakers

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elektrowstrząsy
50 millions of speakers

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електрошок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

electroșoc
30 millions of speakers
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ηλεκτροσόκ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die elektriese
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

elektrochock
10 millions of speakers
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elektrosjokk
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about electroshock

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QUOTES WITH «ELECTROSHOCK»

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Walter Kirn
Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an M.F.A. is now. To be sent away was a badge of honor; to undergo electroshock, a glorious martyrdom.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ELECTROSHOCK»

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Electroshock: Healing Mental Illness
In Electroshock, Max Fink draws on 45 years of clinical and research experience to argue that ECT is now a safe, effective, painless, and sometimes life-saving treatment for emotional and mental disorders.
Max Fink, 1999
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Electroshock : Healing Mental Illness: Healing Mental Illness
Electroshock therapy has long suffered from a controversial and bizarre public image, effectively removing it as a treatment option for many patients.
Stony Max Fink Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology Emeritus State University of New York, 1999
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Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry: Drugs, ...
New scientific analyses in this completely updated edition include: Chapters covering every new antidepressant and stimulant drug Twenty new guidelines for how to conduct non-drug therapy A chapter describing how to safely withdraw from ...
Peter Roger Breggin, 2007
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PUSHBUTTON PSYCHIATRY: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF ELECTRIC SHOCK ...
This volume uncovers the roots of electroshock in America, an outgrowth of western patriarchal medicine with primarily female patients.
Timothy W Kneeland, Carol A.B. Warren, 2012
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Electroshock and Minors: A Fifty Year Review
Explores the reasons why psychiatrists continue to use electroshock (an unproven and potentially dangerous "treatment") with minors already at risk from damage and disadvantage.
Steve Baldwin, Melissa Oxlad, 2000
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The Effect of Repeated Electroshock on Learning in Depressives
3. Recovery. of. learning. capacity. after. a. single. electroshock. Little is known about recovery of learning capacity after single shocks. LUNNandTROLLE (1949 ) readonefourdigit number (e.g.7 9 2 8) topatients10min, 30 minand60min ...
Johannes C. Brengelmann, 1959
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Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Time (hr) between first troining trial and ECS treatment Fig. 1. The effect of duration of electroshock stimulation on retrograde amnesia. With durations of 400 or 800 milliseconds, amnesia is observed when electroshock is administered as long ...
Gordon L. Shaw, James L. McGaugh, 1990
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Drugs for the Control of Epilepsy
A. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ELECTROSHOCK RESPONSE A variety of factors have been shown to influence the response to electroshock. Most of these have been summarized previously by Woodbury,336 Swinyard,4" and Millichap37 ...
Carl L. Faingold, Gerhard H. Fromm, 1991
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Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays
J Biol Chem 276:5129-5133 E.3.2 In Vivo Methods E.3.2.1 Electroshock in Mice PURPOSE AND RATIONALE The electroshock assay in mice is used primarily as an indication for compounds which are effective in grand mal epilepsy ...
Hans Vogel, 2008
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Neuropharmacology Methods in Epilepsy Research
have shown that MEST is capable of detecting specific anticonvulsant drug activity where electroshock stimulation using higher currents (maximal electroshock) does not. In studies with mice, Fischer demonstrated that both primidone and ...
Steven L. Peterson, Timothy E. Albertson, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ELECTROSHOCK»

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Concerns over Taser use - police
... are "not fit for purpose", as they give no information on the circumstances in which the "potentially lethal electroshock weapon is used". «Western Telegraph, Jul 15»
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Mom accused of using stun gun on daughter
The victim reported that her mother attempted to “zap” her with the electroshock weapon multiple times, but she was able to run out of the room ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»
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Alcoholics Anonymous: Sobering Thoughts
There are many ways to make people stop drinking: You could bribe them or give them electroshock or hold their families hostage or make ... «Newsmax, Jul 15»
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City woman accused of zapping daughter with stun gun
The victim reported that her mother attempted to “zap” her with the electroshock weapon multiple times, but she was able to run out of the room ... «Columbus Telegram, Jul 15»
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Women, ECT, and Memory
Throughout the history of ECT, two to three times as many women as men have received electroshock. And as research has established, they ... «Mad In America, Jul 15»
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Dark Matter Recap: Episode Four
While Jace was gone, One, whose tolerance for pain was surprisingly high, used an electroshock stick to soften their muscles in order to ... «Movie News Guide, Jul 15»
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Want to Feel Better? Shoot Current Through Your Head With This …
I know what you're thinking, electroshock therapy is something you've heard about in scary stories about mental patients, and you're not one of ... «BGR, Jul 15»
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The Mentally Ill Have Never Had It Easy
Ernest Hemingway's suicide note and Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar are quoted on electroshock therapy, but by and large the suffering of the ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
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This Day in Wrestling History (July 5): Vince McMahon on Trial
Octagón, Jushin Liger, Latin Lover, and El Alebrije defeated Cibernético, Shiima Nobunaga, Abismo Negro, and Electroshock. «Cageside Seats, Jul 15»
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Agnes Martin: In Two New Books, A Life Revealed
During one stay at Manhattan's then-notorious Bellevue Hospital, Martin was subjected to more than 100 electroshock treatments. Later, one of ... «Hyperallergic, Jul 15»

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