Sentences with phrase «received electroshock therapy»

Early on she received electroshock therapy and insulin shock therapy, in which doctors induced a coma by lowering her blood sugar level.

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Changing brain chemistry Unlike with electroconvulsive, or electroshock, therapy, where patients must be unconscious and administered muscle relaxants in order to prevent seizures, patients receiving rTMS (which involves trains of pulses during each session, hence the «repetitive» modifier) remain conscious and seated in outpatient settings.