Mental Health Therapy

I heard that the mental health treatment is highly regulated. cruel practices such as restorative therapy and electric shock treatment are performed on patients without evidence to support their safety and effectiveness. What guidelines exist for the treatment of mental health? What is allowed and what is not?

In fact, it is highly regulated licensed professionals. The problem is that anyone can call themselves a therapist "without education or license. Just as anyone can call themselves a life coach, job coach, etc.

LMFT's (licensed marriage and family therapists) and LP's (licensed psychologists) ethical guidelines they must follow or risk losing their license. I do not know where the LMFT's get theres, but you can go to APA.org to see the code of ethics for psychologists.

In fact, they are regulated. Here are the following:
BBS (Board of Behavioral Sciences) is the regulatory body for social workers, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and counseling. BofP (Council of psychology) regulates licensed psychologists. There is also the code of ethics laid down by organizations such as:
NASW (National Association of Social Workers)
CAAMFT (CA Association of Marriage and Family Therapists)
AAMFT (American Assn MFT)
Each therapist must be practicing within their scope of practice (legal responsibilities) and the scope of competence (within the knowledge of therapists, or that therapists should not practice what they do not know).
check with the two councils and the umbrella organizations that therapists guide.

You're right there are no such guidelines. Even you can shoch no reason.

I agree these assurances are really cruel. Practically, they can shock you at any time.