Parental alienation syndrome: A case alienated from the mother (eng)

Abstract

Parental alienation sydnrome is a clinical condition in which the child is consciously and programmatically alienated from one parent by the other parent, constantly subjected to an unfair defamation campaign aganist the target parent. Despite the definition of clinical features, there is serious debate about the validity and reliability of this syndrome. Therefore, it is not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 (DSM 5) and International Classification of Diseases 11 (ICD 11). With the increase in divorce and custody cases, this syndrome is encountered more and more, but it is not sufficiently recognized and often overlooked by mental health professionals, forensic experts, judges and prosecutors. In this case report,an 8 year old girl who alienated from her mother by her father is presented and parental alienation syndrome is discussed.

Keywords

• parental alienation syndrome
• divorce
• child
• parent