Verbal abuse inflicted in childhood can harm a person’s future mental health as much as physical abuse, researchers reported ...

A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as damaging to long-term mental well-being as physical ...

Both physical and verbal abuse in childhood are linked to a significant increased risk of low mental well-being in adulthood, ...

Significant number who are subject to ‘harsh words’ suffer psychological harm affecting mental wellbeing as adults, study ...

Research on 20,000 Brits suggests one in three children experience verbal abuse, primarily from family members and caregivers ...

Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large ...

Domestic abusers are blame junkies; when they feel uncomfortable or disappointed, they automatically look for someone to blame.

A study of more than 20,000 adults in England and Wales found that people exposed to verbal abuse in childhood were likely to ...

Emotional abuse "can also be known as 'invisible' abuse because it isn't physical, meaning it's not obvious to the eye," says licensed marriage and family therapist Payal Patel, LMFT.