abuse

High-profile cases of trolling — like the Twitter abuse endured by Leslie Jones and Jessica Valenti — are troubling and indicative of a wider problem. Here's what you can do to protect yourself.

How can you deal with a problem when you don't even know it's there? Welcome to the world of emotional abuse--where the bruises don't show, and victims often believe it's all their own fault.

If you witnessed a crime would you rush in to try and stop it? Or, at the very least, would you report what you had seen to the police?

Why is it that some people are able to experiment with drugs in their youth or even occasionally indulge as adults and never fall prey to addiction while others are completely undone and become hopelessly ensnared?

Ontarians are drinking more and smoking more pot, according to a recent survey by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. While fewer of us are binge drinking (down from 12.6 percent of us in 2006 to 7.1 percent in 2009), the amount who are daily drinkers is up significantly, and the average amount of drinks per week has risen from three to four and a half.