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Electroshock therapy (https://en.homosaurus.org/v4/homoit0000394)

homoit0000394

Electroshock therapy	English
Terapia de electroshock	Spanish

Alternative Label

Electric shock therapy	English
Electroconvulsive therapy	English
Terapia de electro shock	Spanish
Terapia electroconvulsiva	Spanish

Description

A form of psychiatric treatment for major depression, bipolar depression, and other mental health conditions that usually consists of brief electrical pulses to the brain through electrodes on the head that induce controlled seizures. Electroshock therapy has historically been used as an attempt to "cure" homosexuality and other non-normative sexualities and sexual practices.

English

Una forma de tratamiento psiquiátrico para la depresión mayor, la depresión bipolar y otras condiciones de salud mental que generalmente consiste de breves pulsos eléctricos al cerebro a través de electrodos en la cabeza que inducen convulsiones controladas. Históricamente, la terapia de electroshock se ha utilizado como un intento para "curar" la homosexualidad y otras sexualidades y prácticas sexuales no normativas.

Spanish

Contributors

Traducción y revisión al español realizadas por Ernesto Cuba, Sofia Zamora, Sandy Alcantara, Mar Munné, Ana Portnoy Brimmer y el Comité Español de Homosaurus en 2024

Spanish

Issued (Created)

2019-05-14 07:03:55 UTC

Modified

2025-02-23 07:09:31 UTC

Broader

Therapies [homoit0001366]

Detention of LGBTQ+ people under a hospital order [homoit0000349]

Replaces

http://homosaurus.org/v2/electroshockTherapy

LCSH Exact Match

Electroconvulsive therapy [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041999]