The parental alienation debate belongs in the courtroom, not in DSM-5. Houchin, T. M., Ranseen, J., Hash, P. A., & Bartnicki, D. J. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, 40(1):127–31, USA, 2012.
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The DSM-5 Task Force is presently considering whether to adopt parental alienation disorder (PAD) as a mental illness. Although controversy has surrounded PAD since its inception in 1985, pro-PAD groups and individuals have breathed new life into the push to establish it as a mental health diagnosis. In this analysis, we argue that it would be a serious mistake to adopt parental alienation disorder as a formal mental illness in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).
@article{Houchin2012The,
  author = {Houchin, T. M. and Ranseen, J. and Hash, P. A. and Bartnicki, D. J.},
  title = {The parental alienation debate belongs in the courtroom, not in DSM-5},
  journal = {Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law},
  address = {USA},
  year = {2012},
  volume = {40},
  number = {1},
  pages = {127--31},
  isbn = {1943-3662 (Electronic) 1093-6793 (Linking)},
  abstract = {The DSM-5 Task Force is presently considering whether to adopt parental alienation disorder (PAD) as a mental illness. Although controversy has surrounded PAD since its inception in 1985, pro-PAD groups and individuals have breathed new life into the push to establish it as a mental health diagnosis. In this analysis, we argue that it would be a serious mistake to adopt parental alienation disorder as a formal mental illness in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).},
  keywords = {Adult; Child; Child Custody/ legislation & jurisprudence; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Expert Testimony/ legislation & jurisprudence; Humans; Mental Disorders/ diagnosis/psychology; Parents/ psychology; Persuasive Communication; Reactive Attachment Disorder/ diagnosis/psychology; Reproducibility of Results; Social Alienation/ psychology; Syndrome; Classification; Critics},
  language = {English}
}

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