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Key Takeaways Verbal abuse is as damaging to a child’s psyche as physical abuse, a new study saysKids subjected to verbal abuse were more likely to have low mental well-being as an adultVerbal ...

Verbal abuse inflicted in childhood can harm a person’s future mental health as much as physical abuse, researchers reported Aug. 5 in the journal BMJ Open.

Verbal abuse can include blaming, insulting, scolding, criticizing or threatening children, and can even be unintentional.

Both physical and verbal abuse in childhood are linked to a significant increased risk of low mental well-being in adulthood, an analysis of studies found.

Study reveals verbal abuse in childhood harms mental health as much as physical abuse, urging a focus on emotional maltreatment prevention.

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 ...

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

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