shock treatment
Example Sentences
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So he was referred for electric shock treatment at a mental health unit.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
“He was nearly dead when he arrived,” Paul Peterson of Massachusetts said of his son, a 50-year-old who has received the shock treatment at the facility for decades.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
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
