This suggests that psychological maltreatment may be the most common form of abuse inflicted on kids.

CNN: Belittling kids as harmful as beating, study finds

Psychological maltreatment can include terrorizing, belittling or neglecting a child, the pediatrician authors say.

CNN: Belittling kids as harmful as beating, study finds

That's the message of a trio of pediatricians, who write this week in the journal Pediatrics with a clarion call to other family doctors and child specialists: stay alert to the signs of psychological maltreatment.

CNN: Belittling kids as harmful as beating, study finds