Shock

Shock may refer to:

Healthcare

 * Acute stress reaction, also known as psychological or mental shock
 * Shell shock, soldiers' reaction to battle trauma
 * Circulatory shock, a medical emergency
 * Cardiogenic shock, resulting from dysfunction of the heart
 * Distributive shock, resulting from an abnormal distribution of blood flow
 * Septic shock, a result of severe infection
 * Toxic shock syndrome, 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, 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
 * Defibrillation, electric shock to restore heart rhythm
 * Electroconvulsive therapy or shock treatment, psychiatric treatment
 * Hydrostatic shock, from ballistic impact
 * Insulin shock or diabetic hypoglycemia, from too much insulin
 * Insulin shock therapy, purposely induced insulin shock, obsolete therapy
 * Osmotic shock, caused by solute concentration around a cell

Physical sciences

 * Shock (mechanics), a sudden acceleration or deceleration
 * Shock absorber
 * Shock mount
 * Shock wave
 * Oblique shock
 * Shock (fluid dynamics), an abrupt discontinuity in the flow field
 * Bow shock, in planetary science and astronomy
 * Electric shock
 * Shock chlorination of water to reduce bacteria and algae
 * Shocks and discontinuities (magnetohydrodynamics)
 * Thermal shock

Social sciences

 * Shock (economics), an unpredicted event that affects an economy
 * Demand shock
 * Supply shock
 * Culture shock, in social psychology
 * Shock value, in popular psychology

Collective noun

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

Places

 * Shock, West Virginia, an unincorporated US community

People with the given name or nickname

 * Shock or Harry Del Rios (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

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

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, 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

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, previous name of Tulsa Shock