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.

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 ...