Noun
the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma
Source: WordNetWe were young. We were bored. And the old electroshock therapy machine was just under the stairs in a box next to the Hoover. Augusten Burroughs
After the convention ended, it was discovered that Eagleton had undergone psychiatric electroshock therapy for depression and had concealed this information from McGovern. Source: Internet
Jeanette Mae King was her mother’s third child, her birth sparking her mother’s severe case of postpartum depression followed by a nervous breakdown and electroshock therapy that erased some of her memory, Fishburn said. Source: Internet
GREEN was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent time in psychiatric hospitals undergoing electroshock therapy. Source: Internet
The Surgeon General stated there were problems with electroshock therapy in the initial years before anesthesia was routinely given, and that "these now-antiquated practices contributed to the negative portrayal of ECT in the popular media." Source: Internet