shock therapynoun [ U ]
uk/ˈʃɒk ˌθer.ə.pi/us/ˈʃɑːk ˌθer.ə.pi/also shock treatmentthe treatment of particular mental illnesses by sending electric currents through the brain
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis
- cognitive psychology
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- Freudian
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- id
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- Jungian
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- psych
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- psychological
- repression
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- subliminal
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- trance
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