ONE issue that has increasingly made its way into the headlines recently is that of bullying. It might be something you imagined happened rarely, but there are so many forms now of bullying and we need to be aware of their existence.

What exactly is bullying? For many it is probably something that they might associate with children and that it takes the form of physical or verbal abuse, especially in the school yard. However, that is a far too narrow a view of what bullying is, and nowadays it is increasingly widespread among adults. It also takes a number of forms.