The term "shock therapy" refers to a set of radical economic reforms aimed at rapid economic stabilization, liberalization, privatization and the opening of the economy to international trade.

She worked with soldiers who’d suffered shell shock through battle stress ... In fact, embroidery was used as a therapy for injured WW1 soldiers. ‘The War Office feared it would feminise ...

This wasn't the first time MindFreedom had intervened on behalf of a Minnesotan objecting to shock therapy. Five years earlier, the organization advocated on behalf of 21-year-old Charles Helmer ...

Several studies have demonstrated that shock therapy is an effective treatment for improving depression symptoms. Shock therapy, medically known as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), is a treatment ...

He went on to found The British Society of Gastroenterology (their annual dinner is named after him), but it is the lasting record of his work during World War One (WW1) that truly sets Dr Hurst ...

From shell shock in WWI to PTSD today many of those who made it home from war were left mentally scarred and traumatised. Historian Dan Snow explores the on-going mental health crisis in veterans.

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.