Definition of shock therapy in English:

shock therapy

(also shock treatment)

noun

mass noun

1Treatment of chronic mental conditions by electroconvulsive therapy or by inducing physiological shock.
Example sentencesExamples
- I suppose I was on three weeks of shock treatment.
- Insulin shock therapy inducing seizures by the lowering of blood sugar was used with some success in schizophrenics.
- Subjected to two years of shock therapy treatment, it left her facing a life of mental problems and hospital stays.
- As if that weren't disturbing enough, it seems that electroconvulsive therapy - better known as shock treatment - is making a comeback.
- The treatments comprised straightjackets, seclusion, insulin shock and electric shock treatment, that was it.
- Drugs and electric shock treatment are overused and non-psychotic patients are drawn into hospital work forces.
- He received electric shock treatment on a number of occasions and it was while he was in a mental institution, shortly after receiving electric shocks, that he suffered a heart attack and died.
- Most of the prisoners - arrested since anti-war demonstrations began in mid-January - have been tortured by the use of electric shock treatment and repeated beatings.
- When she returns home, Mabel announces that she received shock treatment every day in hospital.
- She had become increasingly depressed and had undergone every type of treatment from anti-depressant drugs to electric shock treatment.
- The Orphanage was later converted and became a Lunatic Asylum - home to the insane and an electronic shock treatment facility.
- Crazy John is to receive shock therapy or counselling for mental illness.
- After my mother's last episode, which was especially long and terrible, the psychiatrist suggested shock therapy.
- Such language covers a multitude of practices illegal under international law, from holding prisoners indefinitely to physical violence such as electric shock treatment.
- It is absolutely true that there is a move back towards or electric shock treatment.
- I'd had the straight-laced Freudian type, the holistic type and the latest one had been a nut for solving things with shock therapy.
- Electric shock treatment (cardio version) under sedation is also occasionally used to stop an episode of SVT.
- I didn't know the words for electro-convulsive shock therapy, but I don't think that would have helped.
- Oh, and the doctors would also have to perform lobotomies and give electric shock treatment.
- A former teacher died within hours of being given electric shock treatment to help treat her mental illness.
1. 1.1 Sudden and drastic measures taken to solve an intractable problem.
  the economic shock therapy tried by Yeltsin's government
  Example sentencesExamples
  All the countries adopting shock therapy experienced prolonged economic crisis and mass impoverishment, although the depth of the crisis varied from country to country.
  We need the War as shock therapy to get the economy on its feet.
  Conviction led him to initiate economic shock therapy to pull the U.S. out of the stagflation of the 1970s.
  In reality, the shock therapy economists were willing to sacrifice speed in this context so as to avoid government intervention, which they regarded as completely undesirable.
  Even during the early and mid-1990s, anti-Americanism increased in the former Soviet Union after Western-style economic reforms such as shock therapy failed utterly.

Definition of shock therapy in US English:

shock therapy

(also shock treatment)

nounʃɑk ˈθɛrəpiSHäk ˈTHerəpē

1Treatment of chronic mental conditions by electroconvulsive therapy or by inducing physiological shock.
Example sentencesExamples
- I didn't know the words for electro-convulsive shock therapy, but I don't think that would have helped.
- Insulin shock therapy inducing seizures by the lowering of blood sugar was used with some success in schizophrenics.
- Drugs and electric shock treatment are overused and non-psychotic patients are drawn into hospital work forces.
- He received electric shock treatment on a number of occasions and it was while he was in a mental institution, shortly after receiving electric shocks, that he suffered a heart attack and died.
- Most of the prisoners - arrested since anti-war demonstrations began in mid-January - have been tortured by the use of electric shock treatment and repeated beatings.
- It is absolutely true that there is a move back towards or electric shock treatment.
- When she returns home, Mabel announces that she received shock treatment every day in hospital.
- I suppose I was on three weeks of shock treatment.
- She had become increasingly depressed and had undergone every type of treatment from anti-depressant drugs to electric shock treatment.
- Crazy John is to receive shock therapy or counselling for mental illness.
- The Orphanage was later converted and became a Lunatic Asylum - home to the insane and an electronic shock treatment facility.
- Electric shock treatment (cardio version) under sedation is also occasionally used to stop an episode of SVT.
- I'd had the straight-laced Freudian type, the holistic type and the latest one had been a nut for solving things with shock therapy.
- Subjected to two years of shock therapy treatment, it left her facing a life of mental problems and hospital stays.
- Oh, and the doctors would also have to perform lobotomies and give electric shock treatment.
- A former teacher died within hours of being given electric shock treatment to help treat her mental illness.
- As if that weren't disturbing enough, it seems that electroconvulsive therapy - better known as shock treatment - is making a comeback.
- Such language covers a multitude of practices illegal under international law, from holding prisoners indefinitely to physical violence such as electric shock treatment.
- After my mother's last episode, which was especially long and terrible, the psychiatrist suggested shock therapy.
- The treatments comprised straightjackets, seclusion, insulin shock and electric shock treatment, that was it.
1. 1.1 Sudden and drastic measures taken to solve an intractable problem.
  the economic shock therapy tried by Yeltsin's government
  Example sentencesExamples
  Even during the early and mid-1990s, anti-Americanism increased in the former Soviet Union after Western-style economic reforms such as shock therapy failed utterly.
  Conviction led him to initiate economic shock therapy to pull the U.S. out of the stagflation of the 1970s.
  In reality, the shock therapy economists were willing to sacrifice speed in this context so as to avoid government intervention, which they regarded as completely undesirable.
  We need the War as shock therapy to get the economy on its feet.
  All the countries adopting shock therapy experienced prolonged economic crisis and mass impoverishment, although the depth of the crisis varied from country to country.

单词	shock therapy
释义	Definition of shock therapy in English: shock therapy (also shock treatment) noun mass noun 1Treatment of chronic mental conditions by electroconvulsive therapy or by inducing physiological shock. Example sentencesExamples I suppose I was on three weeks of shock treatment. Insulin shock therapy inducing seizures by the lowering of blood sugar was used with some success in schizophrenics. Subjected to two years of shock therapy treatment, it left her facing a life of mental problems and hospital stays. As if that weren't disturbing enough, it seems that electroconvulsive therapy - better known as shock treatment - is making a comeback. The treatments comprised straightjackets, seclusion, insulin shock and electric shock treatment, that was it. Drugs and electric shock treatment are overused and non-psychotic patients are drawn into hospital work forces. He received electric shock treatment on a number of occasions and it was while he was in a mental institution, shortly after receiving electric shocks, that he suffered a heart attack and died. Most of the prisoners - arrested since anti-war demonstrations began in mid-January - have been tortured by the use of electric shock treatment and repeated beatings. When she returns home, Mabel announces that she received shock treatment every day in hospital. She had become increasingly depressed and had undergone every type of treatment from anti-depressant drugs to electric shock treatment. The Orphanage was later converted and became a Lunatic Asylum - home to the insane and an electronic shock treatment facility. Crazy John is to receive shock therapy or counselling for mental illness. After my mother's last episode, which was especially long and terrible, the psychiatrist suggested shock therapy. Such language covers a multitude of practices illegal under international law, from holding prisoners indefinitely to physical violence such as electric shock treatment. It is absolutely true that there is a move back towards or electric shock treatment. I'd had the straight-laced Freudian type, the holistic type and the latest one had been a nut for solving things with shock therapy. Electric shock treatment (cardio version) under sedation is also occasionally used to stop an episode of SVT. I didn't know the words for electro-convulsive shock therapy, but I don't think that would have helped. Oh, and the doctors would also have to perform lobotomies and give electric shock treatment. A former teacher died within hours of being given electric shock treatment to help treat her mental illness. 1.1 Sudden and drastic measures taken to solve an intractable problem. the economic shock therapy tried by Yeltsin's government Example sentencesExamples All the countries adopting shock therapy experienced prolonged economic crisis and mass impoverishment, although the depth of the crisis varied from country to country. We need the War as shock therapy to get the economy on its feet. Conviction led him to initiate economic shock therapy to pull the U.S. out of the stagflation of the 1970s. In reality, the shock therapy economists were willing to sacrifice speed in this context so as to avoid government intervention, which they regarded as completely undesirable. Even during the early and mid-1990s, anti-Americanism increased in the former Soviet Union after Western-style economic reforms such as shock therapy failed utterly. Definition of shock therapy in US English: shock therapy (also shock treatment) nounʃɑk ˈθɛrəpiSHäk ˈTHerəpē 1Treatment of chronic mental conditions by electroconvulsive therapy or by inducing physiological shock. Example sentencesExamples I didn't know the words for electro-convulsive shock therapy, but I don't think that would have helped. Insulin shock therapy inducing seizures by the lowering of blood sugar was used with some success in schizophrenics. Drugs and electric shock treatment are overused and non-psychotic patients are drawn into hospital work forces. He received electric shock treatment on a number of occasions and it was while he was in a mental institution, shortly after receiving electric shocks, that he suffered a heart attack and died. Most of the prisoners - arrested since anti-war demonstrations began in mid-January - have been tortured by the use of electric shock treatment and repeated beatings. It is absolutely true that there is a move back towards or electric shock treatment. When she returns home, Mabel announces that she received shock treatment every day in hospital. I suppose I was on three weeks of shock treatment. She had become increasingly depressed and had undergone every type of treatment from anti-depressant drugs to electric shock treatment. Crazy John is to receive shock therapy or counselling for mental illness. The Orphanage was later converted and became a Lunatic Asylum - home to the insane and an electronic shock treatment facility. Electric shock treatment (cardio version) under sedation is also occasionally used to stop an episode of SVT. I'd had the straight-laced Freudian type, the holistic type and the latest one had been a nut for solving things with shock therapy. Subjected to two years of shock therapy treatment, it left her facing a life of mental problems and hospital stays. Oh, and the doctors would also have to perform lobotomies and give electric shock treatment. A former teacher died within hours of being given electric shock treatment to help treat her mental illness. As if that weren't disturbing enough, it seems that electroconvulsive therapy - better known as shock treatment - is making a comeback. Such language covers a multitude of practices illegal under international law, from holding prisoners indefinitely to physical violence such as electric shock treatment. After my mother's last episode, which was especially long and terrible, the psychiatrist suggested shock therapy. The treatments comprised straightjackets, seclusion, insulin shock and electric shock treatment, that was it. 1.1 Sudden and drastic measures taken to solve an intractable problem. the economic shock therapy tried by Yeltsin's government Example sentencesExamples Even during the early and mid-1990s, anti-Americanism increased in the former Soviet Union after Western-style economic reforms such as shock therapy failed utterly. Conviction led him to initiate economic shock therapy to pull the U.S. out of the stagflation of the 1970s. In reality, the shock therapy economists were willing to sacrifice speed in this context so as to avoid government intervention, which they regarded as completely undesirable. We need the War as shock therapy to get the economy on its feet. All the countries adopting shock therapy experienced prolonged economic crisis and mass impoverishment, although the depth of the crisis varied from country to country.
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