"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 ...

A gay man who went through months of electric shock "therapy" in a university psychology department 50 years ago has demanded an apology. Chris - not his real name - went to his GP for advice in ...

When I heard that New York City had opened up its first electric shock therapy training gym on the Upper East Side, I knew I had to give it a try. When it comes to exercise crazes, I'm willing to ...

A mum of two talks about having electric shock therapy while pregnant However, the researchers go on to say "it is not hard to find hundreds of personal accounts of debilitating levels of ...

A recent study demonstrated that the ingestion of 2 mg of estradiol facilitates the extinction of a fear response but also ...

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 ...

Results found that seven of them, aged between 20 and 42, had consumed an energy drink some time before the life-threatening event, with six requiring electrical shock treatment and one needing ...

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.

Firefighters arrived to find a large powerline on the ground, several small fires, and a victim unable to move, calling for ...

There is a temporary tingling sensation during and after treatment. A harmless, but uncomfortable electrical shock may occur if the patient suddenly stops treatment (for example by removing a hand).

I just don't know how much credit I would give the bracelet. I never got used to it. It was an electric shock. Every time I was doing something, I got shocked probably 10 times as many times for ...

A transgender woman in China won a landmark legal case against a hospital that subjected her to a so-called “electroshock conversion therapy” without consent, receiving 60,000 yuan (£6,552) in ...