Three Electric Shock Aversion Therapy (ESAT) survivors have told of physical and lasting psychological pain they experienced ...

(Reuters) - A Massachusetts institution for the developmentally disabled can continue to use controversial electric shock devices to address aggressive or self-harming behavior in residents, the state ...

A Massachusetts school for individuals with severe behavioral issues and intellectual disabilities can continue to use electric shock devices to stop students from harming themselves and others, a ...

A startup called Flow Neuroscience is putting a new spin on an old treatment for depression. Does it work? Is it safe?

BOSTON — Vowing to work with families to find alternative therapies, Rep. Danielle Gregoire renewed her decade-long push to ban the use of a controversial electric shock device for people who have ...

After years of tacitly endorsing the only facility in the country known to use electric shocks to address behavior in those with developmental disabilities, a major behavior analysis organization is ...

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.

(Bloomberg) -- Gay British soldiers were subjected to electric shock treatment in an effort to “cure” them of their homosexuality, according to a damning investigation into historic homophobia in the ...

Editor's note: The audio includes the sound of a teenager undergoing electric shock treatment. In the early 2000s, Cheryl McCollins enrolled her son Andre, who has autism and other developmental ...

Royal fans know that Meghan Markle scored her breakout role on the USA network legal drama “Suits” in 2011. But once the former actress, 42, married Prince Harry in 2018, she exited the show. When the ...

BOSTON — Vowing to work with families to find alternative therapies, state Rep. Danielle Gregoire, D-Marlborough, is renewing her decade-long push to ban the use of a controversial electric shock ...