The lingering debate over the parental
alienation syndrome phenomenon.
Not exact matches
• Finally, I would like to use this opportunity to say that every jurisdiction should have a criminal law against the Parental
Alienation Syndrome and that family courts should be made aware of this
phenomenon.
However, only in the eighties and nineties six research groups, or in some cases individual researchers, introduced names for the
phenomenon: Wallerstein & Kelly and Johnston & Roseby speak of & quote; pathological alignment & quote; and & quote; visitation refusal & quote;; Clawar & Rivlin of & quote; programmed and brainwashed children & quote;; Kelly & Johnston of & quote; The alienated child & quote;; Warshak of & quote; pathological
alienation & quote;; Gardner, Kopetski and Kopetski and Rand & Rand of & quote; Parental Alienation Syndrome & quote;, and Bernet of & quote; Parental Alienation Disorder & quote; or & quote; Parental Alienation
alienation & quote;; Gardner, Kopetski and Kopetski and Rand & Rand of & quote; Parental
Alienation Syndrome & quote;, and Bernet of & quote; Parental Alienation Disorder & quote; or & quote; Parental Alienation
Alienation Syndrome & quote;, and Bernet of & quote; Parental
Alienation Disorder & quote; or & quote; Parental Alienation
Alienation Disorder & quote; or & quote; Parental
AlienationAlienation & quote;.
One author has given a label to the supposed
phenomenon of mothers intentionally alienating their children from their fathers in divorce cases, pathologizing it under the rubric parental
alienation syndrome.
This
phenomenon is called Parental
Alienation Syndrome (PAS), a concept developed by child psychiatrist Dr. Richard Gardner in the 1970s.
Although the «parental
alienation syndrome» was only first described in 1985 (Gardner, 1985), the question arises as to whether PAS has always been evident in the divorcing population, but unrecognized, or whether it is a recent
phenomenon, perhaps increasing in prevalence.
Actually, PA can be viewed as a group of
syndromes, which share in common the
phenomenon of the child's
alienation from a parent.
In 1985, Dr. Richard Gardner first introduced a
phenomenon found in family law cases called parent
alienation syndrome.