Talk:Psychological abuse/Archive 1

Comment
Don't speedy redirect to Psychological abuse instead Martin TB 17:34, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

This article is almost entirely plagiarized from the link provided at the end.

Very badly done
Needs a lot of cleanup; it's almost completely taken from one of the links.

Import topic that really needs improvements
This is an important subject and I hope someone with writing skill will improve upon it.

As mentioned, a lot of it is plagiarized from the website http://www.thisisawar.com/AbuseEmotional.htm ... maybe even all of it.

[quote] They attempt to destroy any outside support you receive by belittling that support in an effort to retain exclusive control over your emotions [/quote] Isolating you from your friends, family, and other emotional support, is a common tactic of the abuser. Not just by belittling them though, but by moving them away from them, forbiddening them to participate in group activities, etc. I think that should be written out in a clearer manner.

Perhaps someone could check all the nonprofit groups out there and gather information from them to quote from, and make a complete list.

I'm going to add a link to this website for battered women, since it has a lot of great information on it. http://www.in-map.net/counties/STJOSEPH/GOVERNMENT/Stjoesheriff/domestic.html Dream Focus

Merge?
I really think that this should be merged with Psychological abuse once it's changed so it's not plagiarized, because the psychological abuse article doesn't really give a definition of what it is and the part that it does give is remarkably like that of the emotional abuse definition (humiliation, degradation, isolation). Excuse my disastrous run-on sentence as I am in a hurry here. Eilicea 19:33, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Scary
The checklist reads like it was written by a perpetrator of emotional abuse (the emotional abuser refuses to use logic, preferring histrionics instead???? How judgemental!) This entry needs a lot more clarity and a lot less personal opinion. This is such a difficult, important issue: and the fogginess of the checklist will more likely serve to perpetuate emotional abuse than heal it.

Not a reliable source
I don't really feel the eqi.org link is reliable. The person has lists no credentials and instead refers to himself as an "independent writer" with only a few local radio appearances and news editorials. (I have other reservations about this site and individual but they don't have to do with it being a reliable source so I won't bring them up.) Crystallina 03:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Does need help
I tried to add a good link but the system rejected it. www.drirene.com This site is primarily for Verbal Abuse, but since Verbal Abuse is a subset of Emotional Abuse I thought it would be appropriate. This site is run by a REAL Dr. and has helped many people in the throes of many types of abuse. Kc7rad 04:37, 25 November 2006 (UTC).

Cleanup failed.
Nothing happened in nearly a year. The article consisted of two borderline copyvio lists, neither of them sourced. I've stubbed the article. Please expand with care, and be sure you're citing reliable sources as you do.

Hint: checklists from emotional abuse rescue sites are not a reliable source. A reliable source is probably something that's found in a library, with "journal" or "psychology" in the title. &mdash;ptk✰fgs 22:52, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

TfD nomination of Template:Abuse
Template:Abuse has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Joie de Vivre 15:35, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Merge
After removing the copyright violations, there really isn't much left here. I suggest merging this article to Psychological abuse Neitherday 18:15, 31 July 2007 (UTC)