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.

“In addition to electrical shocking devices to inflict pain on racing ... The complaint said this treatment leads to injuries and even death. Documents included several screenshots from social ...

"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 ...

Parkinson's disease patients and advocates are marking Friday as the start of a new era for treatment of the illness as a ...

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 ...

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.