J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 40:1:127-131 (January 2012)
Copyright © 2012 by the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.
Abstract
The DSM-5 Task Force is presently considering whether to adopt parental alienation disorder (PAD) as a mental illness. Although controversy has surrounded PAD since its inception in 1985, pro-PAD groups and individuals have breathed new life into the push to establish it as a mental health diagnosis. In this analysis, we argue that it would be a serious mistake to adopt parental alienation disorder as a formal mental illness in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5).
Parental alienation disorder (PAD), formerly and perhaps better known as parental alienation syndrome (PAS), is one of the most controversial diagnoses under consideration for inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Dr. Darrel Regier, vice-chair of the DSM-5 Task Force, told the Associated Press that he has received more mail regarding PAD than on any other proposed diagnosis. In this regard, groups for and against PAD's inclusion in the DSM-5 have been gearing up for a battle that should have been over before it began.
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