Emotional abuse is so damaging because it outlives its own life span. Not only does it damage a person’s self-esteem at the time it is done, it also sets up a life pattern that daily assaults the ...

Harsh words can wound—and when directed at children, they can have a lifelong impact. Research has shown that when words are routinely used by the adults in their lives to humiliate, shame or control ...

While physical abuse leaves visible marks, emotional abuse can be just as damaging, inflicting invisible wounds that can shape a person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors well into adulthood. Often ...

Are you able to recognize signs of family abuse or dysfunction and how these childhood experiences may be affecting your ...

Further explanation regarding a victim’s altered self-misconception and of his or her surroundings, is the occurrence of flashbacks, which are conscious or unconscious recollections of abuse triggered ...

Most research on the health effects of stress focuses on adults, but a new review looks at how stress uniquely affects children.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you hear the word "abuse," some form of physical abuse, verbal abuse or sexual abuse may come to mind. But people may not ...

At the Christian Psychological Center (CPC), we believe that unaddressed childhood trauma is a major contributing factor to ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania Representative is seeking to chemically castrate child rapists. “Sexual abuse can have profound and long-lasting effects on children, impacting their physical, ...