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 ...

While it's true that words don't leave a physical mark on the body the way physical abuse does, the things we say can absolutely be weaponized to cause real and measurable harm to others. "The effects ...

A new systematic review has highlighted the importance of identifying childhood verbal abuse by adults as a standalone subtype of child maltreatment, to ensure targeted prevention and address the ...

(CNN) — 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% ...

One thing became clear when researching my book, Verbal Abuse: how many people are confused by what is verbally abusive and what isn’t. Some of that may have to do with the sticks-and-stones rhyme, ...

Source: Photograph by Moises Alex. Copyright free. Unpslash. The foundation for verbal abuse in an adult-on-adult relationship is an imbalance of power; one person ...