Historically, electroconvulsive therapy was referred to as "shock therapy ... your healthcare team will monitor all the devices and electrodes attached to you. The electrodes on your scalp ...

But this indirect method appeared slow and uneconomical. In the late 1930s and 1940s, electroconvulsive therapy took off, its popularity caused by the same factors that led to the acceptance of ...

Somatics, one of the two ECT device makers in the U.S., likewise discloses ... that he is adamantly against electroconvulsive therapy; as well as another friend, John Mayo, both of whom I've ...

a woman in the UK who survived electroshock conversion therapy meant to “cure” her gender dysphoria as a teenager. In addition to the VR elements, the work involves audiences wearing haptic ...