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August 19, 2025

Laws are introduced globally to reduce ‘psychological harm’ online – but there’s no clear definition of what it is

Magda Osman, University of Leeds

There is no standardised way of defining or measuring psychological harm or distress in the online world.

Tributes to the young victims of the Southport knife attack. Adam Vaughan/EPA-EFE

January 28, 2025

Southport attacks: why the UK needs a unified approach to all violent attacks on the public

Barry Richards, Bournemouth University

At the psychological level, there is no clear separation between lone actor ideological attackers and those who are supposedly non-ideological.

Nashville Predators and Vancouver Canucks players and spectators stand for a moment of silence for Adam Johnson, before an NHL hockey game in Vancouver, on Oct. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

November 8, 2023

Hockey organizations need to address the psychological impacts of team trauma, not just the physical ones

Craig Greenham, University of Windsor

Hockey culture’s tendency to prefer attributes like mental toughness over emotional vulnerability can damage athletes when they’re confronted with traumatic events. This needs to change.

The offence of controlling or coercive behaviour is distinctive because it protects victims from psychological abuse. shutterstock

November 21, 2017

Do we need a new offence to protect victims of family violence from psychological harm?

Marilyn McMahon, Deakin University and Dr Paul McGorrery, Deakin University

Psychological abuse of intimate partners is a public health problem, and is not well-regulated by the law.

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