One thing no longer in dispute by mental health professionals is the fact that parental alienation is a widely
recognized form of child abuse.
I assume that you did not know that Parental Alienation Syndrome is both a Medical Disorder and a widely
recognized form of Child Abuse.
I assume that you are acquainted with the fact that Parental Alienation and Parental Alienation Syndrome (P.A.S.), is a widely
recognized form of child abuse.
Not exact matches
The discovery may pave the way for more effective means
of addressing how different
forms of child abuse should be
recognized and treated.
More and more professionals are
recognizing Parental Alienation as a
form of child abuse.
As a matter
of fact, the American Psychological Association (APA) has finally
recognized and confirmed its prevalence as a
form of psychological or emotional
child abuse.
Child maltreatment in any
form causes long - lasting harm to
children's health and development, and in the United States alone carries a yearly estimated direct and indirect cost
of over $ 100 billion in services to
recognize the
abuse, intervene, and address its detrimental effects.
Many times courts need to determine whether an accusation
of abuse (domestic, physical, sexual, etc.) by one parent is true or false: if false, then the accusation is a sign there is active parental alienation, which is
recognized by the American Psychiatric Association as another
form of child abuse.5
Family courts are beginning to
recognize and notice Parental Alienation as a
form of child abuse, as the alienating strategies used on the
children are disturbing, confusing and often frightening, and rob
children of their sense
of security and safety.
Stated another way, the media, and advocacy groups have erroneously portrayed that if one
recognizes parental alienation, as a serious
form of emotional
abuse, they are simultaneously denying intimate partner
abuse and
child abuse.