Shock may refer to:

Common uses

Healthcare

Acute stress reaction Acute stress reaction (ASR), also known as psychological shock, mental shock, or simply shock, as well as acute stress disorder (ASD), is a psychological response to a terrifying, Psychological trauma, traumatic, or surprising experience. The r ...

, also known as psychological or mental shock ** Shell shock, soldiers' reaction to battle trauma * Circulatory shock, a medical emergency **

Cardiogenic shock Cardiogenic shock is a medical emergency resulting from inadequate blood flow to the body's organs due to the dysfunction of the heart. Signs of inadequate blood flow include low urine production (<30 mL/hour), cool arms and legs, and decreased ...

, resulting from dysfunction of the heart ** Distributive shock, resulting from an abnormal distribution of blood flow ***

Septic shock Septic shock is a potentially fatal medical condition that occurs when sepsis, which is organ injury or damage in response to infection, leads to dangerously low blood pressure and abnormalities in cellular metabolism. The Third International C ...

, a result of severe infection ****

Toxic shock syndrome Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a condition caused by Exotoxin, bacterial toxins. Symptoms may include fever, rash, skin peeling, and low blood pressure. There may also be symptoms related to the specific underlying infection such as mastitis, ...

, a specific type of severe infection *** Anaphylactic shock, a result of severe allergic reaction *** Neurogenic shock, due to a high spinal cord injury disrupting the sympathetic nervous system **

Hypovolemic shock Hypovolemic shock is a form of Shock (circulatory), shock caused by severe hypovolemia (insufficient blood volume or extracellular fluid in the body). It can be caused by severe dehydration or blood loss. Hypovolemic shock is a medical emergency ...

, resulting from an insufficient blood volume *** Hemorrhagic shock, from a large volume lost to bleeding ** Obstructive shock, resulting from mechanical obstruction of blood flow * Cold shock response of organisms to sudden cold, especially cold water *

Electric shock An electrical injury (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current. The injury depends on the Current density, density of the current, tissu ...

Defibrillation Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (V-Fib) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (V-Tach). Defibrillation delivers a dose of electric current (often called a ''count ...

, electric shock to restore heart rhythm **

Electroconvulsive therapy Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a psychiatry, psychiatric treatment that causes a generalized seizure by passing electrical current through the brain. ECT is often used as an intervention for mental disorders when other treatments are inadequ ...

or shock treatment, psychiatric treatment * Hydrostatic shock, from ballistic impact * Insulin shock or diabetic hypoglycemia, from too much insulin **

Insulin shock therapy Insulin shock therapy or insulin coma therapy was a form of psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce daily comas over several weeks.Neustatter WL (1948) ''Modern psychiatry ...

, purposely induced insulin shock, obsolete therapy * Osmotic shock, caused by solute concentration around a cell

Physical sciences

Shock (mechanics) In mechanics and physics, shock is a sudden acceleration caused, for example, by impact (mechanics), impact, drop, kick, earthquake, or explosion. Shock is a transient physical excitation. Shock describes matter subject to extreme rates of for ...

, a sudden acceleration or deceleration **

Shock absorber A shock absorber or damper is a mechanical or hydraulics, hydraulic device designed to absorb and Damping ratio, damp shock (mechanics), shock impulses. It does this by converting the kinetic energy of the shock into another form of energy (typic ...

** Shock mount **

Shock wave In physics, a shock wave (also spelled shockwave), or shock, is a type of propagating disturbance that moves faster than the local speed of sound in the medium. Like an ordinary wave, a shock wave carries energy and can propagate through a me ...

*** Oblique shock *

Shock (fluid dynamics) Shock is an abrupt discontinuity in the flow field and it occurs in flows when the local flow speed exceeds the local sound speed.Courant, Richard, and K.O. Friedrichs. Supersonic Flow and Shock Waves'. Springer Science & Business Media, 1999. 2- ...

, an abrupt discontinuity in the flow field * Bow shock, in planetary science and astronomy *

* Shock chlorination of water to reduce bacteria and algae * Shocks and discontinuities (magnetohydrodynamics) *

Thermal shock Thermal shock is a phenomenon characterized by a rapid change in temperature that results in a transient mechanical load on an object. The load is caused by the differential expansion of different parts of the object due to the temperature chang ...

Social sciences

Shock (economics) In economics, a shock is an unexpected or unpredictable event that affects an economy, either positively or negatively. Technically, it is an unpredictable change in exogenous factors—that is, factors unexplained by an economic model—which m ...

, an unpredicted event that affects an economy ** Demand shock ** Supply shock *

Culture shock Culture shock is an experience a person may have when one moves to a cultural environment which is different from one's own; it is also the personal disorientation a person may feel when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life due to immigration ...

, in social psychology *

Shock value Shock value (or shock factor) is the potential of an image, text, action, or other form of communication, such as a public execution, to provoke a reaction of sharp disgust, shock, anger, fear, or similar negative emotions. In advertising Sho ...

, in popular psychology

Collective noun

*Shock, a historic commercial term for a group of 60, see English numerals#Special names * Stook, or shock of grain, stacked sheaves

Places

* Shock, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community

People

People with the given name or nickname

* Shock or

Harry Del Rios Harry Del Rios (born September 17, 1972) is an American professional wrestling, professional wrestler. Rios is best known as the Spellbinder and Phantasio from WWE, but he has competed under many other ring names during his career. Professional ...

(born 1973), American professional wrestler * Shock G or Gregory E. Jacobs (1963–2021), American musician and rapper

People with the surname

* Everett Shock, American geochemist * Maurice Shock (1926–2018), British educator * Molly Shock, American film editor * Ron Shock (1942–2012), American comedian and storyteller * Stefie Shock (born 1969), Canadian musician * Susy Shock (born 1968), Argentine actress, writer, and singer * Viki Shock (born 1975), Czech writer and artist

Arts, entertainment, and media

Categories and genres

* Shock art * Shock jock, deliberately offensive broadcaster * Shock rock, a genre of rock music * Shock site, deliberately offensive website

Films

* ''The Shock'' (film), a 1923 silent film * ''Shock'' (1934 film), starring Ralph Forbes * ''Shock'' (1946 film), starring Vincent Price * ''Shock'' (1977 film), an Italian film * ''Shock'' (2004 film), a Tamil film starring Prashanth Thyagarajan * ''Shock'' (2006 film), a Telugu film

Music

Groups and labels

* Shock (troupe), an English music/mime/dance group * Shock Records, an Australian record label

Artists

* Culture Shock (musician), British producer and DJ * Minotaur Shock, British electronica musician *

ShockOne Karl Thomas, better known as ShockOne, is an Australian electronic music producer and DJ born in 1982. Originally from Esperance, Western Australia, Esperance, Western Australia, he now resides in Perth. He has been releasing music as ShockOne ...

, Australian producer and DJ * Stefie Shock, Canadian singer-songwriter

Albums

* ''Shock'' (The Motels album), 1985 * ''Shock'' (Tesla album), 2019

Songs

* "Shock" (Beast song), a 2010 song by South Korean boy band Beast * "Shock" (Fear Factory song), a 1998 song by Fear Factory * "Shock" (The Motels song), 1985 * "Shock", a 1987 song by The Psychedelic Furs from '' Midnight to Midnight'' * "Shock!", a 2022 song by Sakanaction from '' Adapt'' * " Shock!", a 2010 song by the Japanese band Cute * " Shock (Unmei)", a 2009 song by Meisa Kuroki

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Elektra Shock, New Zealand drag performer * '' Shock: Social Science Fiction'', role-playing game * '' Shock Theater'', a 1950s and 1960s American television film series * ''Shock'' (novel), a 2001 novel by Robin Cook * Shock (comics), a Marvel Comics supervillain * ''Shock'' (journal), a medical journal * ''Shock'' (musical), a Japanese stage musical series * ''The Shock'' (TV program), an Arabic-language hidden-camera show * Shock Gibson, a fictional comic book superhero * "Shock" (''The Gentle Touch''), a television episode

Military

* Shock and awe, display of force to destroy an opponent's will to fight * Shock tactics, a close quarter battle tactic * Shock troops, who apply shock tactics

Sports and teams

* San Francisco Shock, a professional Overwatch League team * Shock Linwood, American college running back * Spokane Shock, an arena football team based in Spokane, Washington, US * Tulsa Shock, a WNBA professional women's basketball team **

Detroit Shock The Detroit Shock were a Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. They were the 2003, 2006, and 2008 WNBA champions. Debuting in 1998, the Shock were one of the league's first expansion franchises. Th ...

, previous name of Tulsa Shock