shock treatment
Example Sentences
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Or were they swimming with the normative current in order to maintain careers, families, social standing — or, for that matter, to avoid being sent to asylums for shock treatment?
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Oil prices are down around 4% since Wednesday as the shock treatment seemed to take effect.
From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2021
Her mother, the former Betty Hoyle, trained as a physiotherapist and began showing symptoms of bipolar disorder in her mid-40s, leading her to receive electric shock treatment.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2020
Ian Holm Cuthbert was born on 12 September 1931 in a mental hospital in Goodmayes, Essex, where his father, a psychiatrist and a pioneer of electric shock treatment, was the superintendent.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2020
I didn't see how Doctor Nolan could tell you went to sleep during a shock treatment if she'd never had a shock treatment herself.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
