Definition of Shock therapy

1. Noun. Treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions.


Definition of Shock therapy

1. Noun. electroconvulsive therapy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Shock therapy

1. See: electroshock therapy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shock Therapy

shochu
shock
shock-headed
shock absorber
shock absorbers
shock antigen
shock diamond
shock index
shock jock
shock lung
shock mount
shock rock
shock sites
shock therapies
shock therapy (current term)
shock treatment
shock troop
shock troops
shock tube
shock wave
shock wave lithotripsy
shock waves
shockability
shockable
shocked
shocker
shockers
shocking
shocking dose

Literary usage of Shock therapy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Making Markets: Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Post by Shafiqul Islam, Michael Mandelbaum (1993)
"Consequently, critics view economists who advocate "shock therapy" as mechanical ... It thus makes sense to simply banish the term "shock therapy" from the ..."

2. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa[: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"We might add too that the high incidence of the personalisation of policy under the "shock therapy" approach is also often accompanied by an equally high ..."

3. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa[: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"March and Olsen (1989), marshalling extensive survey evidence on institutional reforms, suggest that the administration of the "shock therapy" itself is, ..."

4. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa[: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"March and Olsen (1989), marshalling extensive survey evidence on institutional reforms, suggest that the administration of the "shock therapy" itself is, ..."

5. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa[: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"March and Olsen (1989), marshalling extensive survey evidence on institutional reforms, suggest that the administration of the "shock therapy" itself is, ..."

6. Inflation and Growth in China: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Beijing edited by Manuel Guitian, Robert Mundell (1998)
"The advocates of the shock therapy approach expect the reform to have a ... However, the shock therapy in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Shock therapy on Dictionary.com!Search for Shock therapy on Thesaurus.com!Search for Shock therapy on Google!Search for Shock therapy on Wikipedia!

Search