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 ...

(Reuters) - A Massachusetts institution for the developmentally disabled can continue to use controversial electric shock devices to address aggressive or self-harming behavior in residents, the state ...

Several studies have demonstrated that shock therapy is an effective treatment for improving depression symptoms. Shock therapy, medically known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is a treatment for ...

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 ...

A Massachusetts school for individuals with severe behavioral issues and intellectual disabilities can continue to use electric shock devices to stop students from harming themselves and others, a ...

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.

(Bloomberg) -- Gay British soldiers were subjected to electric shock treatment in an effort to "cure" them of their homosexuality, according to a damning investigation into historic homophobia in the ...

The state generally hasn’t taken advantage of its opportunity to challenge in annual Probate Court hearings the use of skin shocks. That should change in light of the SJC’s decision. Using electric ...

As recently as the 1990s, the British military forced gay soldiers to undergo electric shock therapy and other bogus treatments in an attempt to change their sexuality, according to a government ...

A woman has said she was left unable to remember large portions of her life after receiving a mental health treatment that involves sending electric currents through the brain. Lisa Morrison, 52, from ...