For women, it’s 15 percent, or about one in six; for men, around 2 percent, or 1 in 50. These are the estimated proportions of people who have survived childhood sexual trauma—everything from being ...

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

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 ...

A consistent, caring adult during childhood can make a profound difference for child survivors of physical or sexual abuse. That is the key finding of a new peer-reviewed study published in the ...

A new study published this week in Child Maltreatment found that in comparison to those who had not been abused in childhood, adults who had experienced both childhood physical and sexual abuse had ...

New research from the University of Toronto found that childhood neglect, even in the absence of childhood sexual abuse and physical abuse, is linked with a wide range of mental and physical health ...

Physical and mental health effects of physical abuse may include bone and skin injuries, depression, trauma, social isolation, and difficulty trusting others. “Abuse” is a broad term that describes a ...