Definition of "shock treatment" []

• Treatment of certain psychotic states by the administration of shocks that are followed by convulsions (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "After he got religion, he calmed way down, like church was some kinda weird-ass shock treatment for him."
• "The reports about Eagleton’s shock treatment for depression broke shortly afterward, while McGovern and Eleanor were on a working vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota."