Emotional abuse is much more complex, and in many cases, is hard to notice. Emotional abuse doesn’t leave behind physical markings, but can be just as harmful or dangerous as physical abuse. There are many forms of emotional abuse, including insulting or ridiculing patients, emotional manipulating, or stoking fear. In many cases, patients are emotionally manipulated or abused to make the caretaker’s job easier, or to advantage them in some way; for example, if a patient is afraid to ask for extra assistance or something they need, the caretaker has less work to do, and the patient suffers.