“Safer at Home.” It’s a slogan of choice for the mandatory confinement measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. But it’s not true for everyone. As the world’s families hunker down, ...

Experiencing abuse at any age can have devastating consequences for physical and mental health. But our new report suggests that what may happen to people in later life—including abuse, poverty and ...

Every year, thousands of prisoners in the U.S. are placed in solitary confinement, where they endure isolation, abuse, and mental suffering. This practice might soon become rarer for some inmates in ...

The woman who contacted the UK charity Refuge in late 2025 described a familiar sequence: her British husband had moved her to a country in southern Europe where she had no family, no income and, ...

Physical and mental health effects of physical abuse may include bone and skin injuries, depression, trauma, social isolation, and difficulty trusting others. “Abuse” is a broad term that describes a ...

When we think about domestic and family violence, we often imagine overt harm. We generally think of raised voices, a threatening stance, and physical harm. Yet many damaging forms of abuse are ...