The Public Health Committee of the Connecticut legislature is weighing a bill to extend the period of authorization to treat a person with electric shock therapy either with or without their consent.

More than 250 people were subjected to painful electric shocks, designed to change their sexuality and gender identity, in NHS hospitals between 1965 and 1973, the BBC has discovered. Three Electric ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — For the past year, David Russell has been at Regions Hospital held on a court-ordered civil commitment. He was given 17 shock treatments at Mayo Clinic to treat his mental illness.

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A whopping 18 percent of adults in the U.S. struggle with depression according to a recent Gallup study. Symptoms often include persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, changes ...

researchers has found that the treatment is effective in relieving depression, and in some cases may be more effective than medication. Though abuse of the technique in the early 20th century has ...

New York City boutique studio Shock Therapy uses electric muscle stimulation and promises big results in less time—here's what happened when I tried it for myself. I used to go to this physical ...

Amnesty International called for a global legally binding treaty to regulate the production of electric shock equipment, in a report published on Thursday. The report documents the widespread practice ...