State High Court Rejects Insurance Company's 'Physical Abuse' Definition for Abuse and Molestation Exclusion The SJC looked to an identical Dorchester Mutual Insurance policy in the case of Dorchester ...

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 ...

While domestic violence can be physical, it can also involve non-physical forms of abuse, which can be just as damaging. It can include emotional, verbal, or financial abuse. Domestic violence ...

Traditionally, domestic violence has been associated with physical assault, but it extends to any pattern of abusive behavior in any relationship that is used by one partner to gain or maintain ...

Abuse within families is behaviorally nuanced and emotionally complex. Always, it is within a dynamic of power and control that emotional and physical abuse is perpetuated. Abuse may manifest as ...

On Aug. 16, Emma Cooper’s documentary “Depp v. Heard” dropped on Netflix. Despite generally scathing reviews, it quickly rose to most-watched status. People’s ongoing fascination with this trial is a ...

In the 1960s, physical child abuse and child neglect were recognized as significant problems that required identification and intervention. In the 1970s, similar attention was called to domestic ...