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Preferred term

Electroshock  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Electroconvulsive Shock
  • Electroconvulsive Shocks
  • Shock, Electroconvulsive
  • Shocks, Electroconvulsive

Note

  • exper shock by electricity, usually in psychol exper: do not confuse with ELECTRIC INJURIES or ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; entry term ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK: do not coord with CONVULSIONS; electrocountershock = ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK

Scope note

  • Induction of a stress reaction in experimental subjects by means of an electrical shock; applies to either convulsive or non-convulsive states.

History note

  • 68(64); ELECTROCONVULSIVE SHOCK was heading 1966-67

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004597

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