"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

“It caused serious damage to my body,” Ling’er told The Guardian. “Every time I underwent the treatment, I would faint … I didn’t agree to it, but I had no choice.” She said the ...

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 ...

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