Joan Bellingham suffered burns, memory loss and bouts of blindness. Her doctors called it treatment - but she calls it torture.

Children were given electroconvulsive therapy and sedatives as punishment - and it wasn't limited to Lake Alice.

A woman who was given more than 200 electric shocks – leaving her with severe burns and bouts of blindness – in an attempt to “cure” her sexuality, has called on the New Zealand government to ...

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) has long been used to treat people struggling ... you would barely notice any movement of the person while they're receiving the electric shock. There is no pain during ...

Bipolar disorder is a long-term mood disorder characterized by major fluctuations in mood — both high and low — that can ...

Some members choose to pay for treatment not covered by their scheme, but often out-of-pocket payments are a financial shock arising from members' failure ... financial service providers. Under the ...

Acupuncture. Ketamine infusions. "Electroshock" or electroconvulsive therapy. The existing treatment options for those ...

we decided we needed to take immediate action to get her treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), the most effective treatment in a situation of severe depression, but difficult to get in the ...

FOR decades, Sarah Smith suffered with depression. But now, due to a futuristic-looking headset that zapped electronic pulses ...