Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The term “gaslighting” has come to describe someone who uses manipulation and lies to gain psychological control; the terminology ...

“Gaslighting” is a popularly used — and popularly misunderstood — term for a specific kind of psychological abuse that makes the victim doubt their perceptions, memory, and perhaps even their sanity.

Patrick Hamilton could never have imagined his 1938 drama would give today’s world such a powerful term. A wave of revivals suggests we still have a lot to learn from its insights The term ...

We throw the term “gaslighting” around a lot these days when it comes to health care, but I wonder how many people know the origination of the term. The play “Gaslight” — and then the 1944 movie with ...