Suffering verbal abuse at home can be as damaging to children’s mental health as being physically hit, researchers have warned. Under the Children Act 2004, it is illegal to cause actual or bodily ...

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 ...

Verbal abuse of children could be as damaging to their mental health in adulthood as physical abuse, according to researchers in Britain. A study of more than 20,000 adults in England and Wales found ...

Experiencing childhood verbal abuse shows a similar impact to adult mental health as physical abuse, suggests a large intergenerational study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. While ...

Physical and verbal abuse during childhood were each associated with a greater than 50% increase in likelihood of poor mental health during adulthood, with exposure to both types of abuse compounding ...

Authorities on Monday charged a co-owner of an early childhood day care and education center in West Scranton with failing to ...

Kentucky middle school, alleging that their non-verbal children with disabilities were physically and verbally abused.

Verbal abuse of children could be as damaging to their mental health in adulthood as physical abuse, according to researchers. A study of more than 20,000 adults in England and Wales found that people ...