electroshock
has definitions from the fields of medicine,psychology
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[ noun ] (medicine,psychology) the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
Used in print (E. Gellhorn, "Prolegomena to a theory of the emotions"...)It is believed that drug therapy and electroshock involve the former and psychotherapy the latter mechanism . If , for_instance , such a change is produced by one or a_few insulin comas or electroshocks , previously inhibited conditioned_reactions reappear . Related terms |
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