Help Get Parental Alienation in the DSM-5! Interview with William Bernet, M.D.

Dr. William Bernet has been working hard to get a diagnosis of Parental Alienation Relational Problem in the DSM-5. He explains why this is important and how it would help families.

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Z62.898 Parental Alienation Relational Problem

This category may be used when a child -usually one whose parents are engaged in a high-conflict

separation or divorce -allies strongly with one parent and rejects a relationship with the other parent

without a good reason.

The diagnosis of parental alienation relational problem usually requires five criteria:

- child avoids, resists, or refuses a relationship with a parent

- presence of a prior positive relationship between the child and the now rejected parent

- absence of abuse, neglect, or seriously deficient parenting by the now rejected parent

- use of multiple alienating behaviors by the favored parent

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manifestations of behavioral signs of alienation by the child

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