Any intentional conduct that seriously impairs another person’s psychological integrity through coercion or threats.
Statistical definition:
Any act which causes psychological harm to an individual. Psychological violence can take the form of, for example, coercion, defamation, verbal insult or harassment.
… The report examines evidence on coercive control and psychologicalviolence against women in the EU Member States. The report … the causes and consequences of coercive control and psychologicalviolence, assess how they are criminalised, and …