Shock therapy definitions

Shock therapy

[economics] In economics, shock therapy refers to the sudden release of price and currency controls, withdrawal of state subsidies, and immediate trade liberalization within a country, usually also including large-scale privatization of previously public-owned assets. As shock policy, the term was coined by economist Milton Friedman. In tim...
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shock therapy

(from the article `Poland`) ...increasingly involved in the market-oriented global economy, for which it was ill-suited. To try to achieve economic stability, the postcommunist ...
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shock therapy

method of treating certain psychiatric disorders through the use of drugs or electric current to induce shock; the therapy derived from the notion ... [5 related articles]
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shock therapy

Synonym for shock treatment ... See: electroshock therapy. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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shock therapy

former name for convulsive therapy.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

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shock therapy

Type: Term See: shock treatment
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shock therapy

[n] - treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
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shock therapy

shock treatment noun treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
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