Shock Therapy (other)
Shock therapy may refer to: *Shock therapy (economics) *Shock therapy (psychiatry) See also * Shock Treatment (other) * Extracorporeal shockwave therapy Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is a treatment using powerful acoustic pulses which is mostly used to treat kidney stones and in physical therapy and orthopedics. Medical uses The most common use of extracorporeal shockwave therapy ...

Shock Therapy (economics)
In economics, shock therapy is a group of policies intended to be implemented simultaneously in order to liberalize an economy, including liberalization of all prices, privatization, trade liberalization, and stabilization via tight monetary policies and fiscal policies. In the case of Post-communism, post-communist states, it was implemented in order to transition from a planned economy to a market economy. More recently, it has been implemented in Argentina by the administration of Javier Milei. Overview Shock therapy is a program intended to economically liberalize a mixed economy or transition a planned economy or developmentalist economy to a free-market economy through sudden and dramatic neoliberal reform. Shock therapy policies generally include ending price controls, stopping government subsidies, privatizing state-owned industries, and tighter fiscal policies, such as higher tax rates and lowered government spending. In essence, shock therapy policies can be distilled t ...
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Shock Therapy (psychiatry)
Shock therapy describes a set of techniques used in psychiatry to treat depressive disorder or other mental illnesses. It covers multiple forms, such as inducing Seizure, seizures or other extreme brain states, or acting as a painful method of Aversion therapy, aversive conditioning. Two types of shock therapy are currently practiced: * Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), in which a seizure is induced in the brain, often as an intervention for major depressive disorder, mania, and catatonia. ECT remains a safe and effective treatment in some circumstances in modern psychiatry. * The graduated electronic decelerator (GED), an Aversives, aversive device that applies a powerful electric shock as a punishment for undesirable behavior. The device is manufactured by and used exclusively by the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, a special education institution in Canton, Massachusetts, Canton, Massachusetts. The GED has been condemned as a torture device by the United Nations Special Rap ...
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Shock Treatment (other)
''Shock Treatment'' is a 1981 American dark comedy musical film, a follow-up to ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show''. Shock Treatment may also refer to: Film and television * ''Shock Treatment'' (1964 film), an American neo noir drama * ''Shock Treatment'' (1969 film), or ''On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight '' * ''Shock Treatment'' (1973 film), a French drama * ''Shock Treatment'' (1995 film), a TV film * Shock Treatment (TV series), a 2005 reality entertainment documentary Music * Shock Treatment (Belfast band) * ''Shock Treatment'' (Don Ellis album), 1968 * ''Shock Treatment'' (Edgar Winter album), 1974 * ''Shock Treatment'' (Krizz Kaliko album), 2010 See also * *Electroconvulsive therapy *Shock therapy (other) Shock therapy may refer to: *Shock therapy (economics) *Shock therapy (psychiatry) See also * Shock Treatment (other) * Extracorporeal shockwave therapy Extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT) is a treatment using powerful acousti ...
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