electroshock therapy
noun
: the treatment of mental illness and especially depression by the application of electric current to the head of a usually anesthetized patient that induces unconsciousness and convulsive seizures in the brain
called also electroconvulsive therapy
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Using a trove of letters, photos, VHS tapes, Super 8 movies, and even answering machine messages, Caouette sifts through past trauma to better understand his mother, Renee, who has long struggled with mental illness in the wake of electroshock therapy.
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
In 1972, Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, George McGovern's running mate, dropped out of the race after media reports revealed he had been hospitalized and undergone electroshock therapy for depression.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
She had been hospitalized with depression, psychosis, and paranoia, undergoing multiple courses of electroshock therapy.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Four years later, Democrats had to replace vice-presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton two weeks after their convention amid disclosures about his having undergone electroshock therapy for depression.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
In 1972, Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Thomas Eagleton of Missouri, George McGovern's running mate, dropped out of the race after media reports revealed he had been hospitalized and undergone electroshock therapy for depression.
—Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
She had been hospitalized with depression, psychosis, and paranoia, undergoing multiple courses of electroshock therapy.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Four years later, Democrats had to replace vice-presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton two weeks after their convention amid disclosures about his having undergone electroshock therapy for depression.
—Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
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