Aren't they the same thing? If someone is verbally abusing you is it emotional or mental or does it differ in certain situations.

[espinosa]

when someone plays with your mind, telling terrible lies very cleverly contradict, deny everything and then wait with great application for you to trust them, is a picture of some people about you that is not true, etc. It is a game psychological. Emotional is when that person plays with their feelings or make fun of them, withdraw the approval, appreciation or affection, respect you, humiliates you, tells you everything is your fault there no, says that another thing will be good enough etc.

[thegray]

Emotional or Mental abuse are both names for psychological abuse that can lead to psychological trauma and other related syndromes such as PTSD. Abuse like this is usually linked to a power imbalance. to answer your question Emotional Abuse and Mental Abuse are just other names for Psychological Abuse