The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday released the results of an investigation that found a pattern of physical and sexual abuse in five of the state’s juvenile lockups, including Gainesville State ...

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% increased risk ...

A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress ...

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 ...

Emotional abuse does not just hurt your feelings in the moment, it can quietly reshape your body for years. When you grow up bracing for criticism or cruelty, your nervous system learns to live on ...

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 ...