Sentences with phrase «chronic verbal interaction»

Devon MacDermott, PhD, a New York City — based psychologist who specializes in trauma and relationships, defines verbal abuse as «chronic verbal interaction that's unwanted and makes the victim feel some kind of emotional harm, and is typically from a close relation like a partner, parent, or close friend or family member.»

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Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is discriminated from CD based on the defiance of rules and argumentative verbal interactions involved in ODD; CD involves more deliberate aggression, destruction, deceit, and serious rule violations, such as staying out all night or chronic school truancy.