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3 unusual facts about Shock Therapy


Shock therapy

Insulin shock therapy, a form of psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily comas for several weeks

Electroconvulsive therapy, or electroshock, a psychiatric treatment in which seizures are electrically induced, or its predecessor metrazol/cardiazol convulsive therapy

Shock Treatment, the 1981 follow up to The Rocky Horror Picture Show


Apollo's Song

The head doctor at the institute uses shock therapy to try to clear Shogo's mind and stop his violent behavior.

Estonian parliamentary election, 1995

The majority of the voters were disenchanted with coalition’s shock therapy policies and scandals which had already brought about the dismissal of Prime Minister Mart Laar.

Grigory Yavlinsky

With the launching of the 'shock therapy' reforms by Yeltsin and Gaidar in January 1992, Yavlinsky became an outspoken critic of these policies, emphasizing differences between his and Gaidar's reforms program (such as the sequencing of privatization vs. liberalization of prices and the applicability of his program to the entire Soviet Union).

I'm a Little Teapot

"I'm a little teapot, short and stout. Here is my handle, here is my... handle... Gosh, I'm a sugar bowl." (From a character-based physical gag used in the original Saturday Night Live cast skit "Gidget Goes to Shock Therapy").


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