Gaslighters control you by getting you to doubt your own reality. These gaslighting phrases can help you spot this manipulation tactic.

Sexual abuse settlements depend on many factors. These factors include abuse severity, survivor's age at the time of the crime, extent of provable psychological damage, evidence, and many other ...

A study found and provided “compelling evidence” about the connection between early exposure to parental violence and educational outcomes among adolescents.

A new psychological investigation suggests that emotional abuse in childhood serves as the primary driver for a debilitating ...

Objectives This scoping review addresses the underexplored issue of abuse of people with mental illnesses by healthcare professionals. We mapped the existing literature to establish the nature, ...

When people think of domestic violence, they usually think of physical violence. But there are other forms of abuse that are often subtle and harder to recognize. These mostly non-physical behaviors ...

This research was conducted as part of a PhD project funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. No additional funding was received ...

Objectives To test associations between mental well-being across the life course and exposure to childhood physical and/or verbal abuse. Design Secondary analysis of combined data from seven ...

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 ...

I’ve posted my definition of emotional abuse in the past. I’m repeating it now because I'm continually asked for it by media, clients, and readers. Emotional abuse is deliberately making loved ones ...