Not exact matches
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.
Dr. Richard Gardner, another leading expert applies the term «Parental
Alienation Syndrome» or «PAS» to children who reject a parent without justification and
under the influence of the other parent.
Under the PAS proposal of a «new
syndrome,» resting as it does on poorly defined theoretical foundations, mental health professionals are allowed to say, «I don't believe in parental
alienation» and this is acceptable.