My doctor’s prescription? Shock therapy. It worked. July 31, 2021 (Alla Dreyvitser/The Washington Post) Perspective by Danielle Huggins. Unless absolutely necessary, I did not get out of bed.

April 12, 2012— -- A video showing hours of a kind of shock therapy given to an 18-year-old has been shown in court after years of protests by the mental health institution that administered ...

Most people associate shock therapy more with torture rather than healing. But since the 1980s, the number of patients undergoing electroconvulsive therapy has tripled to 100,000 a year.

Tonight that therapy has real life implications in Palm Beach County. A family sued the doctor who administrated that therapy, Dr. Praturi Sharma, for tens of millions of dollars, claiming he ...

Some doctors say the risks of shock therapy, such as memory loss, are too high a price to pay for temporary benefits. Despite convulsive therapy's 80-year history , ...

The Sept. 20 “Lio” cartoon reached a new low: Next to the familiar image of Lucy Van Pelt as psychiatrist, at her “The doctor is in” stand, the Lio character was shown at his stand with ...

Dr. McDonald answers the question: 'What Is Maintenance Shock Therapy?' — -- Question: How long will I need to do electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and what is maintenance ECT? Answer: ECT is ...

El Paso, Texas -- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a technique that has been used for nearly 90-years on patients dealing with severe depression and bipolar disorder. Many films portray ECT as a ...

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 ...