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“Partner psychological abuse encompasses nonaccidental verbal or symbolic acts by one partner that result, or have reasonable potential to result, in significant harm to the other partner.”

Domestic ViolencePsychological AbuseAbusive RelationshipIntimate Partner Violence
Book:DSM-5 Guidebook: The Essential Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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“Acts of psychological abuse include berating or humiliating the victim; interrogating the victim; restricting the victim's ability to come and go freely; obstructing the victim's access to assistance (e.g., law enforcement; legal, protective, or medical resources); threatening the victim with physical harm or sexual assault; harming, or threatening to harm, people or things that the victim cares about; unwarranted restriction of the victim's access to or use of economic resources; isolating the victim from family, friends, or social support resources; stalking the victim; and trying to make the victim think that he or she is crazy.”

Domestic ViolencePsychological AbuseIntimate Partner Violence
Book:DSM-5 Guidebook: The Essential Companion to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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