Medical Xpress

FDA may ban electroshock devices used on some psychiatric patients

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 ...
UPI

FDA proposes ban on use of electroshock devices on some psychiatric patients

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 ...
KTLA

Consumers Unaware that Brain-Damaging Electroshock Devices are not FDA Approved

The United Nations Committee against Torture has stated since 2013 that electroshock constitutes torture when forcibly given or administered without a patient’s consent—a practice that needs to be ...
WTVF

This school used electric shock devices on disabled students for decades. The FDA just banned them.

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 ...
Yahoo

Sent to school that uses electric shocks, Mass. woman runs for office to protect others

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In hopes of getting the help she needed, a Massachusetts woman was sent to the Judge Rotenberg Center — known for using electric ...
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FDA proposes ban on use of electroshock devices on some psychiatric patients

The FDA previously attempted to ban the use of the devices in 2020, but a federal court ruled that the agency didn't have the authority to enact its proposed ban. Congress has since revised the law to ...