Neglect is when a person does not look after the needs of someone under their care. It is a type of abuse. Other forms of abuse include physical violence and emotional abuse. The difference between ...

A new CDC report finds a rise in threats and verbal abuse aimed at health care workers since the start of the pandemic. The harassment is linked to high levels of anxiety, depression and burnout.

Physical and verbal abuse during childhood were each associated with a greater than 50% increase in likelihood of poor mental health during adulthood, with exposure to both types of abuse compounding ...

While it's true that words don't leave a physical mark on the body the way physical abuse does, the things we say can absolutely be weaponized to cause real and measurable harm to others. "The effects ...

A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as damaging to long-term mental well-being as physical abuse, if not more so. This groundbreaking research highlights the need to ...

Domestic violence can look like digital or online abuse, financial abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, mental abuse, and emotional abuse. There are many pervasive myths about domestic abuse. Many ...

Cruel words can leave a mark on a child –– and may have as much of an impact as physical abuse, new research has found. People who experienced physical abuse as a child were at a 50% increased risk ...

Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. While ...

Therapists, like me, want their clients to know how to recognize abuse because abuse can cause trauma, which may lead to anxiety, depression, PTSD, and a variety of irrational beliefs. Any of these ...