Shock therapy still allowed on children in NSW

By Cosima Marriner
Updated April 17 2014 - 1:10pm, first published March 30 2014 - 8:58am

Electric shock therapy for mentally ill children will continue to be allowed in NSW, after a review of the state's Mental Health Act stopped short of banning the treatment.

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