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electroshock

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  • n  the administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and coma

  • Then came state-run hospitals that Leifman refers to as "horror houses" given that patients were usually either neglected or abused experiments involving drugs and electroshock .
  • By 1987, she had already been kidnapped, presumed dead, stalked by a strangler, mistakenly subjected to electroshock therapy and sent into a two-month coma after falling off a .
  • They advocated using water torture and electroshock.

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