I read it years ago....excellent!The book that saved my life and sanity: The Verbally Abusive Relationship by Patricia Evans; it helped me get a divorce from a verbal abuse after 31 years..... I know all about "crazy-making" behavior. I was the moderator of an abuse survivor group.
I wrote a paper, Society's Hidden Pandemic, Verbal Abuse;Precursor to Physical abuse and a Form of Biochemical Assault.
The brain can physically change with verbal abuse.