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 yell at his female middle-aged ...

“It got to a place when every discussion about our differences of opinion or issues about the future ended the same way. He’d get really quiet and then he’d simply say, ‘Well, if you’re so unhappy, ...

Physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect are recognised as subtypes of child maltreatment. But verbal abuse of children by adults is currently not recognized as form of child ...