Not just sticks and stones: Childhood verbal abuse also linked to poor mental health - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
Surveys of over 20,000 UK adults show that childhood verbal abuse is associated with similar risks of poor adult mental health to physical abuse. While experience of childhood physical abuse has halved over recent decades, down to 10% of respondents born after 2000, verbal abuse has increased. Ro| www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
