Parental Alienation, DSM-V, and ICD-11

@article{Bernet2010ParentalAD,
  title={Parental Alienation, DSM-V, and ICD-11},
  author={William Bernet and Wilfrid von Boch-Galhau and Amy J. L. Baker and Stephen Lee Morrison},
  journal={The American Journal of Family Therapy},
  year={2010},
  volume={38},
  pages={187 - 76}
}
Parental alienation is an important phenomenon that mental health professionals should know about and thoroughly understand, especially those who work with children, adolescents, divorced adults, and adults whose parents divorced when they were children. We define parental alienation as a mental condition in which a child—usually one whose parents are engaged in a high-conflict divorce—allies himself or herself strongly with one parent (the preferred parent) and rejects a relationship with the… Expand
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Examining Parental Alienation Treatments: Problems of Principles and Practices
  • J. Mercer
  • Psychology
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  • 2019
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Denial of ambivalence as a hallmark of parental alienation
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Is the Concept of Parental Alienation a Meaningful One?
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Parental alienation, DSM-5, and ICD-11: response to critics.
  • W. Bernet, A. Baker
  • Psychology, Medicine
  • The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
  • 2013
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Four common misunderstandings regarding parental alienation are addressed: that there is a lack of research to support it as a diagnosis; that adopting parental alienation as adiagnosis will lead to serious adverse consequences; that the advocates of parental alienated are driven by self-serving or malevolent motives; and that Richard Gardner should be criticized for self-publishing his description of parental alienation syndrome. Expand
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Parental Alienation: The Blossoming of a Field of Study
Parental alienation has been an unacknowledged and poorly understood form of family violence. Research on parental alienation and the behaviors that cause it has evolved out of decades of legal and… Expand
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Parental alienation (syndrome) in child custody cases: survivors’ experiences and the logic of psychosocial and legal services in Italy
ABSTRACT Parental alienation (syndrome) is a controversial issue, criticized by experts in different fields. However, this concept is often used by professionals and is frequently cited in… Expand
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