Electrical stimulation devices

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The US Food and Drug Administration is again proposing a ban on electrical stimulation devices used to reduce or stop self-injurious or aggressive behavior, the agency said in a statement Monday.

Electrical stimulation devices deliver electrical shocks through electrodes attached to a person’s skin to attempt to reduce or stop harmful behaviors. The only facility currently using these devices in the US is the Judge Rotenberg Education Center in Canton, Massachusetts, where an estimated 50 people have a treatment plan that includes the potential use of such a device, according to the statement.

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IMO: Regulations on allowable interventions for self injurious behavior and aggressive behavior are putting staff at risk. We need to be honest that there are those for which electric stimulation is the safest intervention for the patient and staff.

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