# shock therapy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-therapy/83826>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 26, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-therapy/83826 "2001-09-26T00:15:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![hfheller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e57/32.png) [@hfheller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hfheller)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2001, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-therapy/83826/1 "2001-09-26T00:15:51Z")

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Modern shock therapy is usually done with the patient briefly paralyzed and unconscious, so there is no seizure or jerking and no memory of the procedure.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shock-therapy/83826/2 "2001-09-27T01:55:56Z")

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