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.

"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 ...

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.

Learn more about ECT. During shock therapy, the doctor will send measured, controlled electric impulses to the brain, eventually inducing a small seizure. This seizure activity triggers ...

Many different methods were tried, from electric shock therapy to putting patients in different coloured rooms, and success rates varied considerably. For some patients it was thought that nothing ...