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 ...

BOSTON, Mass. (SHNS)–Vowing to work with families to find alternative therapies, Rep. Danielle Gregoire renewed her decade-long push to ban the use of a controversial electric shock device for people ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 startup called Flow Neuroscience is putting a new spin on an old treatment for depression. Does it work? Is it safe? A whopping 18 percent of adults in the U.S. struggle with depression according to ...

This 2014 photo shows a display of an electroconvulsive therapy machine at Glenside Museum, part of the University of the West of England in Fishponds, Bristol. (Creative Commons via Courthouse News) ...

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.