Inner Child is Health and Me's new mental health series where we deep dive into lesser-known aspects of child psychology and how it shapes you as you grow up. Often unheard, mistaken, and ...

If you are familiar with the field of psychology, perhaps you have heard the story of Genie. Genie was raised in complete isolation in the 1950s and ’60s. She was emotionally deprived and physically ...

What does it take for a parent to emotionally neglect their child? Surprisingly, it takes nothing. Emotional Neglect in families tends to happen organically, as it’s passed down silently and invisibly ...

Licensed therapist Logan Cohen explains how the lack of essential experiences manifest in adulthood as 'invisible trauma.' As a child, you may have felt neglected because your parents weren't around ...

When we think of child abuse, physical violence or emotional cruelty often comes to mind first. However, the most common form of maltreatment is actually much quieter: neglect. Affecting three out of ...

Dr. Biller says that the emotionally neglected child will demonstrate a pattern in adulthood "in which they become codependent in their relationships, in which they are reliant on their partner for ...

This article discusses the correlation between child abuse and domestic violence. "Child neglect is the most frequently reported category of child maltreatment in New York, the United States, and ...

Child neglect is the most common form of maltreatment, involving failure to provide basic needs or proper supervision, often difficult to define precisely. Originating from Latin meaning “not to heed, ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have found that cases of child abuse and neglect in the United States have declined overall over the last decade, but disparities have persisted and in some cases ...