The Food and Drug Administration is moving to ban use of electrical ... now have treatment plans that include — or potentially include — use of the devices, according to the FDA.

States and companies are manufacturing, promoting and selling electric shock equipment that is being used for torture and other ill-treatment, Amnesty International has said in a new report calling ...

"Electric shock therapy is scary. It does sting. It's perfectly safe, but it does sting when you go through. "By going through things that you feel intimidated by, you get to the other side ...

If your heart rate keeps dropping despite the warning, the device will think you are about to fall asleep and will try and jolt you awake with an electric shock. It works in a similar way to the ...

Electric eels and fish were used by people in ancient times to treat headaches and mental illness. The practice came back in 1937 when Ugo Cerletti (1877-1963) and Lucino Bini (b. 1908) treated ...

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.

People often describe Lhermitte sign as an electrical shock or buzzing ... pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy may also help. Some people use these devices to reduce inflammation and ...

A harmless, but uncomfortable electrical shock may occur if the patient suddenly stops treatment (for example by removing a ... should not be used by patients who have implanted electrical devices or ...

Thousands of women in England are being given “dangerous” electric shock treatment for mental health issues – despite warnings that it can cause irreparable brain damage and memory loss.