"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 ...

He believes Russell is not a good candidate for ECT. "The usual reason for giving electric shock is if someone is severely ...

Trans performance artist Ling'er says she was forced to undergo electroshock treatments at a hospital in China that left her ...

Sylvie Sallquist has struggled with severe depression and anxiety since she was a child, and this is her latest attempt to find relief.

Transgender woman wins record compensation for ‘electric shock treatment’ - This marks the first successful legal challenge ...

There's also some evidence electric shock workouts can help boost strength and power on specific moves, like squats. But the verdict on health benefits is still mixed. Source: Journal of Sports ...

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 ...

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 ...

But in mainland China, LGBT people are still being subjected to forced confinement, medication and even electric shock therapy to “convert” them into heterosexuals. The “treatment” takes ...

A man subjected to electric shock aversion therapy in the 1970s to stop him being gay has welcomed plans to ban conversion therapy. But John Sam Jones, 67, who grew up in a Christian home in ...

A school for developmentally disabled students in Massachusetts has won a controversial appeal to use electric shock therapy on self-harming pupils. In March of last year the Food and Drug ...