Arun Rath: This is GBH’s All Things Considered. I’m Arun Rath. A lot of us might assume electric shock therapy is a thing of the past. It's been widely condemned by organizations like the U.S.

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.

After a ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court, a Massachusetts facility is allowed to continue to use controversial devices to electric shock its clients. But advocates are hoping to change that ...

The Judge Rotenberg Educational Center can continue to use electric shock therapy on patients with developmental and intellectual disabilities, but state agencies can challenge the practice on a ...

(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 ...

If you’ve sustained an injury to a tendon, elbow, or hamstring, your doctor might recommend shockwave therapy. Before you balk at this painful-sounding technique, though, it may be comforting to know ...

NEW YORK -- Despite the controversy surrounding the procedure, electric shock therapy appears to be an effective treatment for psychiatric illness, and may lift patients' depression better than ...

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 ...

A school for developmentally disabled students in Massachusetts has won a controversial appeal to use electric shock therapy on self-harming pupils. In March of last year the Food and Drug ...