The term “cycle of abuse” is often used to describe two different patterns or models that commonly occur in situations of domestic violence. The first, and probably most frequent, use of the term describes the “circular” cycle of phases in the dynamics between an...
Upon hearing the term “domestic violence”, what first comes to most people’s minds is physical abuse. In fact, until MA Bill H.4744 added coercive control in September 2024, Massachusetts’ legal definition of domestic violence focused exclusively on physical abuse and...
There are many different forms of abuse, from physical and verbal to financial and technological. Psychological abuse can be uniquely damaging because it messes with victims’ minds. “I think, therefore I am,” according to Descartes. But what happens when one can no...
Stalkers are often portrayed in the media as strangers or celebrity worshippers, sometimes with mental health issues. While stalkers can be all those things, they are much more likely to be someone the victim knows, and stalking is much more common in the general...
Mental health is a broad term that covers a number of illnesses ranging from insomnia, anxiety, and depression to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are significant links...
