In either case, verbal abuse can cause lasting harms. These include feelings of helplessness and powerlessness, Kaslow says, and "mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, ...

Research has shown that when words are routinely used by the adults in their lives to humiliate, shame or control children, ...

Here's what emotional abuse looks like, the harms associated with it and what to do if you or a loved one is experiencing it.

You should never be with a person who abuses you, whether physically or verbally. Verbal abuse is still abuse. A 2014 study supports that abuse is not always physical in a relationship.

Now, experts want to see action taken to tackle verbal abuse – a little-spoken-about issue that is now recognised as one of the most prevalent forms of child maltreatment. Verbal abuse can ...

The meeting, organised by charity Words Matter, will highlight childhood verbal abuse as “the most prevalent form of child maltreatment”. “We must bring verbal abuse out of the shadows and ...

In lessons, school staff said pupils answered the teacher back or disrespected staff, and refused to complete work, and there were instances of verbal abuse towards pupils and staff. There were ...

The crime stemmed from workplace conflicts and persistent verbal abuse directed at Singh's parents. Bhiwandi police used CCTV footage and technical intelligence to track Singh, who confessed to ...

Podcaster Tara Palmeri called out high-profile Trump supporter Lindi Li with an instant fact-check when Li conflated verbal abuse from online trolls with remarks by people like former DNC Chairman ...

Physical assaults fell from 60 to 44; physical assault with a weapon was down from 12 to four; and verbal abuse dropped from 26 to 23. Lothian MSP and Tory eduction spokesman Miles Briggs said ...

The arrested are Rushi Kakade and his mother Sunita Kakade of Kharadi A verbal dispute escalated into alleged stabbing of a 25-year-old youth by a woman and her son at Chandannagar area on ...