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 ...

After years of litigation, the FDA on Thursday issued a ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices (ESDs) — devices that were used to issue electrical shocks to the wearer in the hopes of changing behavior ...

(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 ...

The FDA is back to square one in its efforts to ban the use of electric shocks to stop aggressive behavior or self-injury, in a process that has spanned decades. The agency previously took the rare ...

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 ...

Federal regulators are taking a second stab at banning the controversial use of electroshock devices to manage the behavior of patients with intellectual and developmental disorders. The devices ...

A startup called Flow Neuroscience is putting a new spin on an old treatment for depression. Does it work? Is it safe? A whopping 18 percent of adults in the U.S. struggle with depression according to ...

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 ...

A whopping 18 percent of adults in the U.S. struggle with depression according to a recent Gallup study. Symptoms often include persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, changes ...