is there any punishments for mental torture too in Islam or Islam only concentrates on punishments for physical torture? …
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Mental torture 
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Can you be more specific? Are you talking about punishments by the justice system or does it include punishment of aakhira?
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I think he/she means punishments in shariah for emotional and mental abuse?
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^THIS
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Can you be more specific? Are you talking about punishments by the justice system or does it include punishment of aakhira?
Both ....
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As for a hadd penalty, I'm not aware of any but I'm not an aalim. However if you hurt someone, even with words, then there can definitely be repercussions in aakhira.
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is there any punishments for mental torture too in Islam or Islam only concentrates on punishments for physical torture? ............
Peace bbbcd,
Yes there is punishment for mental torture too in Islam that is in case if victim file a case again the criminal. See the below hadith and you may refer to Surah Al Ma'un [107] also.
*Book 'Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)' of Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 45: *
Narrated Abu Shuraih: The Prophet said, "By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe!" It was said, "Who is that, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "That person whose neighbor does not feel safe from his evil."
*Book 'Belief' of Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 10: *
Narrated Abu Musa: Some people asked Allah's Apostle, "Whose Islam is the best? i.e. (Who is a very good Muslim)?" He replied, "One who avoids harming the Muslims with his tongue and hands.
Almighty Allah knows best.
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Peace bbbcd,
Yes there is punishment for mental torture too in Islam that is in case if victim file a case again the criminal. See the below hadith and you may refer to Surah Al Ma'un [107] also.
*Book 'Good Manners and Form (Al-Adab)' of Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 45: *
Narrated Abu Shuraih: The Prophet said, "By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe! By Allah, he does not believe!" It was said, "Who is that, O Allah's Apostle?" He said, "That person whose neighbor does not feel safe from his evil."
*Book 'Belief' of Sahih Bukhari, Hadith No. 10: *
Narrated Abu Musa: Some people asked Allah's Apostle, "Whose Islam is the best? i.e. (Who is a very good Muslim)?" He replied, "One who avoids harming the Muslims with his tongue and hands.
Almighty Allah knows best.
Peace brother lethal kamikaze
These Hadith do not state that mental torture are punishable crimes in Shari'ah ... No doubt they are sins ... The answer to this has to be looked into more specifically.
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Peace brother psyah,
I agree that the hadith doesn't state about the mental torture, but it is about to explain OP that how a person can effect mentally to another person by even by using of his/her tongue.
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Peace bbcd
Please define mental torture by bring a few examples of it ... I can't actually imagine being mentally tortured ... Unless I have been kidnapped and subjected to filthy and horrific visual images ... But then there is always a physical aspect involved ... The punishment will be loosely based around the physical aspect associated with the mental torture rather than the mental torture itself. The people who slandered the Prophet (SAW) and Companions were not attacked or treated as criminals ... Unless their words were causing them physical harm such as inciting wars to brew up through their poetry. Fitnah is considered worse than murder and hence is punishable. I would say the propaganda is quite harmful and that would be dependent on the court to decide the sentence. Also it is known that accusing someone of zina to malign their character is an act punishable the limit for which can be death ... Slander is a type of mental torture, but it is not at the same time ... Although the effects may mentally torture the victim even if they don't mentally torture the victim the crime of slander is still punishable, but the type and topic of the slander will decide the level of the punishment.
However, on the flip side mental torture by shunning certain people has been prescribed to us ... Without harming them physically ... People who practice shirk, magic, usury, who consume the wealth of orphans, etc are not necessarily punished but the society are instructed to shun them ... This is a kind of mental torture for such people ... It keeps them away from being influential in society and playing around with the hearts of people.
We must not forget that mental torture is not something that people do to us ... It is what our mind does to itself resulting from the behaviour of others ... The problem is within ... it is how we handle it that determines the level of 'torture' that we experience. Some children have committed suicide over being hurled racial abuse ... Some have killed over it others have ignored it and others have hurled it back. Name calling is the simplest form of an act that is intended to annoy or emotionally harm another ... But it depends on how it is handled by the recipient too ... When very young people have not developed the 'thick skin' that our principles advocate for us to grow ... Then there might be other ways to look at it for children.
You need to go to an 'alim and explain the details to get your specific fatawa for the subject matter, but it is pointless because punishable crimes are dealt out by governments so it is purely an academic exercise.
For sure being unkind is not part of the character of the Muslim and when giving dawah such behaviour is to be completely distant from us.
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so there is no punishment for people who are being tortured mentally “in this world” ? Islam only believes in a physical evidence which can only be seen with your naked eyes … 
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Can you provide some examples of what you mean?
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^ Whenever you listen to geo news or anything like that you hear stuff like “ maa ne apne 2 bacho ko katal kar diya” …. “maa ne apne bacho ko goorbat ke haatho beaich diya” …. “ aadmi ne apne biwi bacho ko zabah kar diya” bla bla ……. All these things are result of a mental torture hence these things are happening …… in the above mentioned things Islam only focuses on which can be seen with naked eyes ( in this world) like murder of a child but not on the torture these families have been through ….. just because that is not visible or you cant prove it …. That’s why???
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It’s not clear what you’re asking. Your question is a bit too vague by what you mean about mental torture.
Then those two quoted posts of yours make it look like you’re asking about if people who have been mentally tortured are accountable for their acts. Unless you give more specific examples, I don’t know what type of answer you’re hoping to get.
Or are you asking if Islam will take their mental/emotional state into consideration when handing out a verdict?
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Example…
if person A tortured person B for like years by taunting him/her ..... emotionally abusing him/her (which is not visible) ….. person B murders person A out of anger & frustration he/she has been through….. but in this world people will only see that B murdered A therefore B should be held responsible …what about A … don’t you think A is the actual culprit in this whole thing…… what I am saying here is who will hold A responsible “IN THIS WORLD” …… is there any punishment for A “IN THIS WORLD” for mentally torturing someone according to our religion?
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In your example, it looks like you're asking more about the consequences for B for having killed A. A court would have to decide based on the evidence but I don't know what (or if) the consequences in terms of penal code for saying something harsh.
However, B would definitely be tried for murdering A. Your example is still a bit vague, so I can't say who is the culprit or how guilty either A or B are in the whole thing. What I do know is that if B kills A on their own, then B will be guilty of murder as per the legal system, as they've done it themselves and this was not a sentence given by the court. So I guess what you want to know is how much A's actions against B prior to the incident would affect the sentencing.
In sharia there is the concept of qisaas, or equal retribution or as they say, eye for an eye. This is applicable when it comes to murder or physical harm. One of the core components is that it has to be equal, so you have to be able to assess damage done by the offending party.
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is there any punishments for mental torture too in Islam or Islam only concentrates on punishments for physical torture? ............
punishment for torture?
It implies negative sense.
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…** in the above mentioned things Islam only focuses on which can be seen with naked eyes ( in this world) **like murder of a child but not on the torture these families have been through ….. just because that is not visible or you cant prove it …. That’s why???
How else can you prove a crime, if no concrete evidence is available? Think from the accused point of view also. If I come and accuse you of mentally torturing me, and there is no physical evidence of it, do you want court to put you in jail? no, right? The requirement of physical evidence is to protect the Mulzim. What is happening in Pakistan in the name of blasphemy law is a proof itself that we need physical evidence to punish people, and not just accusation.
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^ so bottom line is you cant punish someone who did mental torture to someone else because you cant provide evidence for that ( its not visible ) & Islam want evidence for that to punish a person "in this world".