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 ...

Did you or a close friend have a parent who frequently yelled or used threatening language when you were a child? For people who experience it, even from nonparental caregivers or teachers, the ...

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 ...

This article was written by Jennifer Garam and provided by our partners at Prevention. Sure, Dad has a bad temper and Mom has her moods. But when do stormy temperaments cross the line into verbal ...

Of all the adages, there’s none I dislike more than this one: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never harm me.” I’ll readily admit that I’m not an embroidered-with-a-proverb tea ...

Verbal abuse occurs when someone repeatedly uses negative or demeaning words to gain or maintain power and control over someone else. Verbal abuse in itself may not involve physical contact, but it ...

Many people have threatened someone else verbally at one point or another. Parents tell their children to be quiet or else. Husbands and wives threaten to leave a relationship. Some verbal threats are ...

Most of us are aware of overt and explicit cases of verbal abuse. After a relaxing dinner at your local Italian restaurant, you hear a middle-aged man in the parking lot yelling at his middle-aged ...

Date rape on college campuses remains an intractable problem. Here are some points to consider: 1) colleges continue to be plagued by binge drinking, which includes drinking to the point of blacking ...

Verbal fluency—the ease and speed with which a person can produce language—may be more than just a reflection of vocabulary or conversational skill. Emerging research suggests a compelling association ...