Verbal abuse of children could be as damaging to their mental health in adulthood as physical abuse, according to researchers in Britain. A study of more than 20,000 adults in England and Wales found ...

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 ...

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 ...

Supreme Court rules psychological abuse equals physical violence, allowing women to end marriage on mental cruelty grounds.

Generational, or intergenerational, trauma occurs when trauma is passed down through generations due to a mix of genetics and environmental factors.

The Supreme Court has ruled that cruelty within marriage is not confined to physical violence but also includes psychological ...

Virtually all of my clients in an intimate relationship with someone who has narcissistic personality disorder report being verbally abused by their partner. Unfortunately, some partners do not stop ...