Learn To Identify Signs Of Domestic Violence

While husband hitting, pushing, slapping, or yelling at his wife can be examples of domestic violence, it is not a complete picture of what domestic violence really is.
Domestic violence can be physical abuse, sexual abuse, financial abuse, psychological or emotional abuse, and animal abuse. It is not uncommon to see a victim being restricted [...]

VIDEO – Pop Star Rihanna Speaks Out About Night Chris Brown Attacked Her & Domestic Violence

 
When reports of physical abuse between pop stars Rihanna and Chris Brown hit the media it fueled discussions about domestic violence. Should you ever take back an abuser?
Domestic violence is something no one should ever have to endure. Sadly, domestic violence occurs very frequently. It is a very serious problem and is the leading cause [...]

Emotional Abuse: The abuse no one ever told you about

Emotional Abuse: The abuse no one ever told you about
I find this a very important topic to have a lot more discussion about.  Although we all are raised, and hear all around us, that it is wrong for men to hit and that is abusive, the topic of emotional/verbal/psychological abuse seems to be often over [...]

Damaged: How Domestic Violence Shapes A Child

Domestic violence-also known as domestic or spousal abuse- has become increasingly prevalent in modern culture. Typically associated with violent physical aggression between intimate adults,it can also involve sexual, emotional, economic, and psychological abuse. The devastating effects of the abuse on adult victims are well documented as most of the systems in place in our society [...]

Partner Abuse Leads To Wide Range Of Health Problems, Study Finds

Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women.
Many of these health problems are not commonly understood as being associated with violence, such as abdominal pain, chest pain, headaches, acid reflux, [...]

Domestic Violence Victims Have Higher Health Costs for Years After Abuse Ends

Victims of domestic violence endure significantly higher health costs than other women for three years after the abuse ends, a new study finds.
Abuse victims had health care costs that averaged more than $1,200 above non-abused women for the first two years after the abuse ended and about $400 above others in the third year.
“Women may [...]

Spousal Emotional Abuse – How To Break The Cycle Of Emotional Psychological Abuse

Emotional psychological abuse from your intimate partner is as clear as the day is long when on the receiving end. But for the bystanders, it’s ambiguous.
Some people will even tell you that when you are the abused, on some level, you become a bystander. It is as though you take yourself out of the line [...]

Nursing Home Nightmares: Senior Citizen Abuse

 

When you make the choice to place your family members in the care of total strangers, you assume they’ll be treated with dignity. But that isn’t always the case. According to the National Center for Elder Abuse (NCEA), about 8,000 cases of elder abuse are reported in the state of Illinois each year, and those [...]

Abuse, the Threat to our Society

Abuse is the widespread term used for the behavior of the person, idea and the thing that causes various kind of misuse or harm. The Abuse is completely unlawful and wrongful a in the society that we are to live in. The expression abuse has the some of the common form of synonyms as [...]

Something I Said-Abuse Isn’t Always Physical

Something I Said
Abuse Isn’t Always Physical
Dwight Hobbes
MN Spokesman-Recorder Because someone isn’t going upside your head, does not mean you aren’t being abused. And there is no reason on Earth for you to put up with it. Convention dictates that abuse is [...]

Next Page »