shock treatment

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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

“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

“Sometimes I’d have shock treatment twice a day,” said Anne, who at 17 was placed in a psychiatric institution in 1979.

From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2020

Toasted ground cumin and pungent cilantro complete the shock treatment; brace yourself for some heat and the numbing effect of the Sichuan spicing.

From Washington Post • Aug. 16, 2017

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