- convulsive shock
- convulsivothérapie
English-French medical dictionary. 2015.
convulsive shock
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Судорожная шоковая терапия (convulsive shock therapy) — Совр. практика использования вызываемых электричеством или лекарствами судорог с терапевтической целью связана с наблюдениями фон Медуны в начале 1930 х гг. Л. Б. Калиновски в книге The convulsive therapies («Методы судорожной терапии») пишет,… … Психологическая энциклопедия
convulsive therapy — n SHOCK THERAPY * * * treatment of mental disorders, primarily depression, by induction of convulsions. The type now almost universally used is electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), in which the convulsions are induced by electric current. In earlier… … Medical dictionary
shock therapy — n the treatment of mental disorder by the artificial induction of coma or convulsions through use of drugs or electric current called also convulsive therapy see ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY … Medical dictionary
shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders. Also called shock treatment. [1935 40] *… … Universalium
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shock — I. noun Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle High German schoc heap Date: 14th century a pile of sheaves of grain or stalks of Indian corn set up in a field with the butt ends down II. transitive verb Date: 15th century to collect into… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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