Sentences with phrase «fueled by parental alienation»

PAS is fueled by parental alienation, a series of behaviors used by an alienating parent, either consciously or subconsciously, to sully a child's relationship with the target parent.

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In addition to the lack of assessment tools for identifying PAS or parental alienation, therapists might have difficulty dealing with or identifying it due to concerns about the controversy surrounding it as a diagnosis, which is fueled by the fact that is has not yet been accepted into the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).