The Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS): An interdisciplinary Challenge for Professionals Involved in Divorce. International Conference, Frankfurt (Main), 18-19. October 2002. Wilfrid von Boch-Galhau, e., Ursula Kodjoe, e., Walter Andritzky, e., & Peter Koeppel, e. VWB - Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, Germany, 2002.
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With increasing numbers of divorces, there is a rise in high- conflict cases with one parent’s attempt to alienate the joint child from the other parent and to sabotage visitations. The concomitant destruction of grown relationships leads to considerable traumatisation of the children thus affected and the alienated parents as well. The break-up of family relations is one root of growing societal destruction phenomena (e.g. youth violence, addiction, performance disorders, psychic and psychosomatic long term consequences). As a result, family judges, lawyers, social workers, evaluators, paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists and guardians ad litem are confronted with a growing challenge in dealing with such cases. Amongst the various phenomenological theories and attempts at finding solutions here, the PAS concept by the American child psychiatrist R. A. Gardner, M. D. has been finding increasing international attention as well as criticism. These conference contributions aim at promoting the interdisciplinary discussion amongst professionals about alienation in high conflict divorce cases. Furthermore, they attempt to extend the range of alternative decisions made in family courts. Finally, they intend to encourage and contribute to research in the field of PAS and its psychological consequences for children, parents, grandparents and the society as a whole.
@book{WilfridvonBoch-Galhau2002The,
  author = {Wilfrid von Boch-Galhau, ed. and Ursula Kodjoe, ed. and Walter Andritzky, ed. and Peter Koeppel, ed},
  title = {The Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS):  An interdisciplinary Challenge for Professionals Involved in Divorce.  International Conference, Frankfurt (Main), 18-19. October 2002},
  publisher = {VWB - Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung},
  address = {Germany},
  year = {2002},
  isbn = {3-86135-20-8},
  abstract = {With increasing numbers of divorces, there is a rise in high- conflict cases with one parent’s attempt to alienate the joint child from the other parent and to sabotage visitations. The concomitant destruction of grown relationships leads to considerable traumatisation of the children thus affected and the alienated parents as well. The break-up of family relations is one root of growing societal destruction phenomena (e.g. youth violence, addiction, performance disorders, psychic and psychosomatic long term consequences). As a result, family judges, lawyers, social workers, evaluators, paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists and guardians ad litem are confronted with a growing challenge in dealing with such cases.  Amongst the various phenomenological theories and attempts at finding solutions here, the PAS concept by the American child psychiatrist R. A. Gardner, M. D. has been finding increasing international attention as well as criticism.  These conference contributions aim at promoting the interdisciplinary discussion amongst professionals about alienation in high conflict divorce cases. Furthermore, they attempt to extend the range of alternative decisions made in family courts. Finally, they intend to encourage and contribute to research in the field of PAS and its psychological consequences for children, parents, grandparents and the society as a whole.},
  keywords = {Parental alienation; Parental Alienation Syndrome; Interdisciplinary; Classification},
  language = {English}
}

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