PSYCHOLOGICA ABUSE
Psychological abuse is referred to as emotional abuse or mental abuse. It is a form of abuse that is characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behavior and may result in psychological abuse, also referred to as emotional abuse or mental abuse, is a form of abuse characterized by a person subjecting or exposing another to behavior that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. Such abuse is often associated with situations of power imbalance, such as abusive relationships, spousal bullying, child abuse and abuse in the workplace. Psychological aggression can occur in several different ways such as verbal abuse; saying something that upsets or annoys someone else. Dominant behaviors; preventing someone to have contact with their family members; and jealous behaviors; accusing a partner of maintaining other relationships and it can also include such actions as rejecting, degrading, terrorizing, isolating, corrupting/exploiting and "denying emotional responsiveness" as characteristic of emotional abuse. The U.S. Department of Justice defines emotionally abusive traits as including causing fear by intimidation, threatening physical harm to self, partner, children, or partner's family or friends, destruction of pets and property, forcing isolation from family, friends, or school or work.
Emotionally abusive tactics include insults, putdowns, arbitrary and unpredictable inconsistency, and gaslighting (the denial that previous abusive incidents occurred). Modern technology has led to new forms of abuse, by text messaging and online cyber-bullying.
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