An ultrathin implant that delivers stimulation directly to the spinal cord significantly improved motion and sensation in injured rats ...

From lobotomy tools to shock devices, explore 7 medical devices that have been banned or discredited in mental health ...

Electroshock therapy has a long and notorious reputation, but the new Fisher Wallace Stimulator promises to alleviate a host of disorders—at home. Casey Schwartz takes the device for a test drive.

Today, Dr. Israel’s shock devices are approved for use on 55 adults living at the center. Some have worn the equipment — which is often locked onto them in fanny packs — for decades.

Using a device that vaguely functions like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a promising way to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Neuroscientists at the University of ...

At first, Jackie Dameron wasn’t so sure about strapping the electric buzzers to her head. “Immediately, my mind goes to electroshock therapy,” said Dameron, a 29-year-old at the Chesterfield ...

In the time since, Congress has passed changes to the FD&C Act that made it clear the FDA has the power to ban these electrical stimulation devices, also referred to as ESDs. And now, the agency ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is once again proposing to ban the use of electric skin shock devices on students at the Canton-based Judge Rotenberg Educational Center, but the ...

Shock wave treatment devices market revenue is increasing due to an expanding geriatric population pool and its consequent rise in demand for enhanced senior care.Wilmington, Delaware, United ...

Consideration of Gregoire's proposal to regulate aversive therapy follows a September ruling from the Supreme Judicial Court that allowed the center to continue using the electric shock devices ...

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 ...