Shock therapy

/ʃˈɒk θˈɛɹəpi/

/ʃˈɑːk θˈɛɹəpi/

[noun]

Shock therapy

[NOUN]

a method of treating certain mental illnesses by effecting physiological shock or by electroconvulsive therapy

Examples

1. Some people call it shock therapy.

2. It's electro shock therapy

3. With funding from the Bush Senior administration and the research from a Harvard University think tank, Yeltsin put the Russian economy in shock therapy.

4. Which is exactly the point of insulin shock therapy.