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    FDA Seeks Ban on Electric Stimulation Devices Used in Aversive Therapy

    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it intends to ban electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used to treat aggressive and self-injurious behaviors after an advisory panel recommended banning the devices in 2014. According to FDA, ESDs are only used to treat aggressive and self-injurious behaviors at a single US facility, the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton, MA. FDA proposed the ban in a notice appearing in the Federal Register on Friday, saying ...