eˌlectricˈshockˌtherapynoun[uncountableU] MHMPa method of treatment for mental illness that involves sending electricity through someone’s brain〔医治精神疾病的〕电休克治疗SYNECT Examples from the Corpus electric shock therapy•The first, Thomas F.. Eagleton, was axed after it was disclosed...
Brain surgery created terrorist (of leader of Meinhof gang). Toronto Star, Nov 13, 2002. Go to MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE Electric shock to rat brains stops fear (anxious-stressed-depressed humans next). Globe & Mail, Nov 7, 2002. Go to ELECTRIC SHOCK IN BNW Dissenters "poltical maniacs" in Chi...
The article looks at research by psychiatrist Ian Reed and colleagues into the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as shock therapy, for the treatment of mental depression. It is noted that a social stigma against ECT has persisted due to its ...
Administration of electric current to the brain through electrodes placed on the head in order to induce seizure activity, used to treat certain psychiatric disorders, especially severe depression. Also calledelectroshock,electroshock therapy,shock therapy. ...
*Say goodbye to insomnia: the CES therapeutic device can safely regulate the electrochemical signals of the brain, using about half an hour to restore the balance of these signals through electrotherapy, so that you can sleep peacefully all night, and in the morning, you can regain your previou...
for 22 h25. Compared with the results of de Bruyn and de Jager, the magnitude of increase in the GC level in the current study (Fig.1) was considerably small. It has been reported that electric shock from a short circuit between a charged mouse and the exposure system could provoke a ...
The article looks at research by psychiatrist Ian Reed and colleagues into the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), also known as shock therapy, for the treatment of mental depression. It is noted that a social stigma against ECT has persisted due to its portrayal in popular culture...
Brunoni related to the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as compare to other therapy for treatment major depression. The study informs that tDCS does not cause memory loss as compared to electroshock treatment. The study further found that tDCS are more effective when ...
This electric field modeling has been estimated for ECT: Kibret et al. [72] discovered that the electric field used during ECT (which is far wider/larger than the electric field used in tES) reaching the fetal brain was most likely below the ICNIRP (International Commission for Non-Ionizing ...
Glass lenses, such as those in car headlights which are exposed to rapid temperature changes, contain lithium to reduce thermal shock [14]. The production of high barium, containing monochromatic television tubes, in the past, required lithium as a melting aid [14]. Lithium is also used in ...