... This article provides a review of recent research concerning parental alienation syndrome (PAS). This article is written to familiarize the ... and disorders. Common personality characteristics and tactics of the alienation-inducing parent are presented. Short- and long-term ... family counselors are provided. Key Words: parental alienation syndrome • child abuse • child custody disputes ...

What do you do if you receive custody of your alienated child? Where do you go? How do you begin rebuilding a severely compromised relationship? DadsDivorce learned about The Rachel House and The Rachel Foundation at the recent Canadian Symposium for Parental Alienation Syndrome. DadsDivorce editor, Rick Ortiz, discusses the hard work of recRead More...

... .“ On the other hand however,  one wonders what it takes to have parental alienation acknowledged by the justice system. It leaves deep ... system gets it just right: nothing urgent. To give credence to the charge of parental alienation in court, a group of 50 experts ... efforts. The turning point in the recognition of parental alienation syndrome by the justice system might be a Jerry Springer ...

... one day soon be an actual diagnosis. The concept of parental alienation, which is highly controversial, is being described as one in which children ... Bernet is leading an effort to add "parental alienation" to the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical ... evidence within the psychological literature of a diagnosable parental alienation syndrome." What's more, concern has grown ...

This article is a serious discussion of Parental Alienation Syndromeand parental alienation generally (U.S. News and World Report, 10/29/09).  Although it tends to elide the difference between the two ... understand the reality of PAS and the pain it can cause.  As the article shows, parental alienation can come in a variety of forms, from the unintentional and trivial to the ...

... parents to various degrees. However, there's a difference between this and active alienation. Several of my wife's male friends have been alienated ... systematic research, lend credence to a charge of parental alienation in court, and raise the odds that children ... evidence within the psychological literature of a diagnosable parental alienation syndrome.'" Yet the APA has given mixed ...