In a case where a child rejects contact with a parent, an evaluator can determine if the rejection is unwarranted, which is called parental alienation, by making a thorough investigation of the empirical facts over time. If the child has a legitimate reason to reject...
In Brazil, there is a law criminalizing parental alienation. The Parental Alienation Law (Law 12.318/2010) was enacted in Brazil on August 26, 2010. In Croatia and in Romania, child psychological abuse, including parental alienation, is considered as a crime. In...
In the DSM-5 (published by the American Psychiatric Association in 2013), five diagnoses describe different aspects of parental alienation: Parent–child relational problem (p. 715) A new diagnosis in DSM-5: child affected by parental relationship distress (p. 716)...
Does “listen to the child” mean that the child should choose between the parents when they separate? All over the Western world there is a demand to listen to the child with reference to Article 12 in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and with reference to...
Is an alienated child mentally kidnapped or brainwashed? In 2006, Pamela Richardson published a book, A Kidnapped Mind: A Mother´s Heartbreaking Memoir of Parental Alienation. Brenlee Carrington, a lawyer and journalist in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, said this about...
