Psychological Harm News Today

A family urges other victims to come forwards after Thomas Mann, 45, gets eight-year sentence.

The bill was recommended favorably from committee.

Parents who refuse to allow their children to change gender would face up to seven years in jail under SNP plans to ban “conversion therapy”.

Despite similar rates of domestic violence across men and women, the latter report more severe effects on their lives. | Health

The New York City Council has passed a ban on solitary confinement in city's jails, arguing that such practices prolong mental health issues of inmates.

Domestic violence is very common in the United States. Nearly half of women and men in the US experience sexual or physical violence, stalking or psychological harm or coercion in a romantic relationship during their lifetime. ​

In the largest scientific study ever conducted, Oxford researchers have found no evidence that points to Facebook being linked to worldwide psychological harm.

The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) recently conducted a study's findings counter the common belief that social media, including Facebook, is inherently psychologically detrimental.

Children in the custody of Louisiana’s Office of Juvenile Justice being held in a former death row building at an adult prison are suffering dangerous heat conditions and routine isolation in their cells that experts say could cause serious and irreversible harm, according to a federal court filing Monday.

Since May, Russia has regularly targeted Kyiv, primarily at night, in an effort to cause psychological harm to citizens before an anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive to retake the land, according to Ukrainian authorities