Researchers from Durham University have made an exciting discovery that could improve how doctors treat dangerous heart ...

"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 ...

When I heard that New York City had opened up its first electric shock therapy training gym on the Upper East Side, I knew I had to give it a try. When it comes to exercise crazes, I'm willing to ...

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 ...

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 ...

A man subjected to electric shock aversion therapy in the 1970s to stop him being gay has welcomed plans to ban conversion therapy. But John Sam Jones, 67, who grew up in a Christian home in ...

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.

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.