The term “shock” may refer to a psychologic or a physiologic type of shock. Psychologic shock is caused by a traumatic event and is also known as acute stress disorder. This type of shock causes a ...

Extracorporeal shockwave therapy uses shock waves to help with healing, pain reduction, and repair processes. It is a noninvasive treatment option for various conditions that affect the ...

As a psychiatric treatment, elec- troconvulsive therapy has had an image problem. One result, say Edward Shorter and David Healy, was the near absence for decades of what is a very effective approach ...

UC San Francisco’s Heart and Vascular Center has been recognized by the American Heart Association (AHA) for its participation in a new Cardiogenic Shock Registry. The purpose of the registry is to ...

Arun Rath: This is GBH’s All Things Considered. I’m Arun Rath. A lot of us might assume electric shock therapy is a thing of the past. It's been widely condemned by organizations like the U.S.