Last May, the World Health Organisation officially recognised parental alienation syndrome for the first time. Parental alienation is the ability of parents to persuade a child to reject his or her ...

Children and parents who have undergone forced separation from each other in the absence of abuse, including cases of parental alienation, are highly subject to post-traumatic stress; thus, ...

What children of divorce most want and need is to maintain healthy and strong relationships with both of their parents, and to be shielded from their parents' conflicts. Some parents, however, in an ...

Elliot J. Wiener of Phillips Nizer and Bernice H. Schaul, a clinical psychologist, highlight the psychological issues involved in alienation, the remedies recommended by the mental health community, ...

Parental alienation is when one parent turns a child against the other during separations or divorces. Beyond family drama, it leaves children anxious, guilty and distrustful. Experts say early ...

Parents in County Wexford who are isolated from their children following separation or divorce, have welcomed the unanimous passing of a motion by Wexford County Council, calling on the Irish ...

Family courts in England and Wales should give more weight to allegations of domestic abuse than to claims of "parental alienation", according to new guidance. When parents have separated, and are ...

Parental alienation has become the nuclear weapon of custody battles. Accuse your ex of alienating your children, and you might win full custody. Get caught actually alienating, and you could lose ...

Linzi Bull, a Partner and Head of Modern Families at Penningtons Manches Cooper, looks in detail at the new guidance from the Family Justice Council and whether it is likely to address the issues ...