What do Brad Pitt, Alec Baldwin and Lita all have in common? They have had news stories published about them with references to their struggles with parental alienation. A 10-year-old girl, who was ...

Parental alienation occurs when one parent turns a child against the other parent. The alienation process generally begins with the alienator gradually instilling in the child negative views of the ...

The American Psychiatric Association has a hot potato on its hands as it updates its catalog of mental disorders — whether to include parental alienation, a disputed term conveying how a child's ...

Until recently, I had never heard of the term "parental alienation," and I learned I am not alone. Two mental health professionals wrote in the most widely read guest essay of the past week that the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rebuffing an intensive lobbying campaign, a task force of the American Psychiatric Association has decided not to list the disputed concept of parental alienation in the updated ...

A high-profile tragedy reveals the adult mental health crisis facing families nationwide — marked by addiction, isolation, ...

Parental alienation occurs when one parent turns a child against the other parent. The alienation process generally begins with the alienator gradually instilling in the child negative views of the ...

Alan D. Blotcky, Ph.D., is a clinical and forensic psychologist in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. William Bernet, M.D., is Professor Emeritus for the Department of Psychiatry at Vanderbilt ...