電でん撃げき療りょう法ほう

noun

electroshock therapy; electroconvulsive therapy

Medical term for a psychiatric treatment using controlled electric currents to induce a brief seizure. Often abbreviated as ECT in English contexts.

• 重じゅう度どのうつ病びょうに対たいして電でん撃げき療りょう法ほうが行おこなわれることがある。

  Electroshock therapy is sometimes performed for severe depression.