1. Treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions
   "Shock therapy was once a common treatment for severe depression";
   - shock treatment
    
2. (economics) the rapid implementation of radical economic reforms to transition from a planned to market economy
   "Poland underwent economic shock therapy in the early 1990s"

Derived forms: shock therapies

Type of: therapy, treatment

Encyclopedia: Shock therapy