Psychological abuse, often known as emotional abuse or psychological violence, is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another...

categories of child abuse: neglect, physical abuse, psychological/emotional abuse, and sexual abuse. Child sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult...

Prisoner abuse is the mistreatment of persons while they are under arrest or incarcerated. Prisoner abuse can include physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual...

is a type of psychological/mental abuse that involves the use of oral, gestured, and written language directed to a victim. Verbal abuse can include the...

79% of sexually abused children exhibit psychological symptoms. The risk of harm is greater if the abuser is a relative, if the abuse involves intercourse...

Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child...

Psychological torture or mental torture is a type of torture that relies primarily on psychological effects, and only secondarily on any physical harm...

of religious abuse and to take steps to prevent it from happening. One specific meaning of the term religious abuse refers to psychological manipulation...

approach to trauma Wikiquote has quotations related to Psychological trauma. Psychological abuse at Curlie The International Society for Traumatic Stress...

study on psychological abuse and preferences for potential partners, it was found that women who have been the recipient of psychological abuse in a previous...

response to cocaine cues. Sexual abuse by a family member is a form of incest, which can result in severe long-term psychological trauma, especially in the case...

Enhanced interrogation techniques Hazing Negligence Psychological abuse Torture Violence "Child physical abuse". American Humane Association. Giardino, A.P.;...

Sibling abuse includes the physical, psychological, or sexual abuse of one sibling by another. More often than not, the younger sibling is abused by the...

violence as: Physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family, including battering, sexual abuse of female children in the household...

Elder abuse (also called elder mistreatment, senior abuse, abuse in later life, abuse of older adults, abuse of older women, and abuse of older men) is...

and Psychological Abuse, ed. Dr. Roland Maiuro, PhD, pub. 1989 Elliott GC, Cunningham SM, Linder M, Colangelo M, Gross M (2005). "Child physical abuse and...

Psychological pain, mental pain, or emotional pain is an unpleasant feeling (a suffering) of a psychological, non-physical origin. A pioneer in the field...

first used in a 1995 column by Maureen Dowd. According to the American Psychological Association in 2021, gaslighting "once referred to manipulation so extreme...

behaviors, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychological abuse, psychedelic art, and social issues. Psychological drama films have generally rooted with traditional...

stage, the abuser attempts to dominate their victim. Outbursts of violence and abuse occur which may include verbal abuse and psychological abuse. In intimate...

or emotional abuse, social sabotage, and stalking. In extreme cases it may manifest in date rape. It can include psychological abuse, emotional blackmail...

has also been described as a form of psychological abuse and domestic violence, as well as a form of sexual abuse. Revenge porn most commonly refers to...

Music can be used as a tool of psychological warfare. The term "music torture" is sometimes used to describe the practice.[citation needed] While it is...

In trauma bonding, the abuser intermittently maltreats the victim through physical, verbal, emotional, and/or psychological abuse. This maltreatment is...

manipulation strategy of psychological abusers. As the acronym suggests, the common steps involved are: The abuser denies the abuse ever took place When confronted...

facilitate abuse Let the Wookiee win Mind control Moving the goalposts Noisy investigation Obfuscation Presumption of guilt Psychological manipulation...

Company, she was accused of allowing and inflicting physical and psychological abuse on Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, a notorious prison in Baghdad...

control over another person. Abusers are commonly motivated by devaluation, personal gain, personal gratification, psychological projection, or the enjoyment...

investigation, broadcast on television in 2011, exposed the physical and psychological abuse suffered by people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour...

Disability abuse is when a person with a disability is abused physically, financially, sexually and/or psychologically due to the person having a disability...