In my last post, I wrote about how common it is for former victims of child abuse to pass on the abuse they experienced to their children and/or their intimate partner. The first step toward changing ...

Emotional abuse is domestic violence and a crime. Several institutions and organizations offer support to those who experience emotional abuse or any other type of domestic violence. People may think ...

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 ...

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 ...