Regina Rooney, programming director for the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence, in 2021. Credit: Fred J. Field / The Maine Monitor This story appears as part of a collaboration to strengthen ...

On Aug. 16, Emma Cooper’s documentary “Depp v. Heard” dropped on Netflix. Despite generally scathing reviews, it quickly rose to most-watched status. People’s ongoing fascination with this trial is a ...

Sarah Ortiz is all too familiar with domestic violence. When the mother of three separated from her husband, she told a court he dragged her out of bed and shoved her down onto the kitchen floor. But ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — A bill crafted by the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) and the state's System of Care Advisory Council (SOCAC) would loosen the definition of child abuse as it pertains ...

Finally. This past June, Massachusetts became the 49th state to criminalize so-called “revenge porn,” one component of a bill signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey. The law, “An Act to Prevent Abuse ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1 in 10 people age 60 and older have experienced some sort of abuse, neglect or exploitation while living at home. Indiana is a mandatory ...

Child abuse is defined as any physical, emotional, or sexual harm done to a child, either by action or inaction. Common examples include not meeting a child’s basic needs, neglecting their education, ...

Therapists and other experts often talk about abuse as something that happens within a clearly defined cycle. But what is that cycle, exactly? For decades, many experts relied on the cycle set forth ...

Emotional abuse is a quiet, frequently unrecognized and therefore unnamed, form of abuse that can, nevertheless, have devastating consequences for the abused. Further, emotional abuse can lead to and ...