L’aliénation parentale: vers la fin du déni?

Le syndrome d’aliénation parentale (SAP), qui désigne l’ensemble des manifestations psychopathologiques observées chez les enfants soumis à des séparations parentales très conflictuelles, en premier lieu le rejet injustifié ou inexplicable d’un parent par un enfant, suscite polémiques et controverses. Certain(e)s vont jusqu’à nier l’existence même du phénomène, au motif

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Abuso sexual infantil y síndrome de alienación parental

El abuso sexual infantil y los denominados casos de interferencias parental son situaciones de especial gravedad para los menores que las padecen, así como de evidente dificultad para su adecuado diagnóstico y abordaje profesional. Discernir cuando el profesional se encuentra ante uno u otro caso entraña una complejidad para la que son necesarios una formación…

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Guest editors’ introduction to special issue on Alienated Children in Divorce and Separation: Emerging approaches for families and courts

It has been our honor and privilege to collaborate with all of the contributors and the student editors to pull together this special issue of Family Court Review (FCR) on the complex and challenging problem of alienated children in divorce and separation. Alienation can be defined as a child’s strong resistance or rejection of a…

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Finding a tenable middle space: Understanding the role of clinical Interventions when a child refuses contact with a parent

This article provides a detailed explanation of the use of clinical interventions, such as the Multi-Modal Family Intervention (MMFI), in situations where a child resists or refuses contact with a parent. Geared toward a multidisciplinary audience of judicial officers, family law attorneys, and mental health practitioners, the authors guide the reader through the concept…

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Adult recall of parental alienation in a community sample: Prevalence and associations with psychological maltreatment

Two hundred fifty-three adults working in a New York child welfare agency agreed to complete anonymous research packets containing, among other measures, 6 existing scales of psychological maltreatment and a single item about exposure to parental alienation as a child. Results revealed that one fourth of the full sample reported some exposure to parental alienation,…

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Parental alienation, DSM-V, and ICD-11

Parental alienation is an important phenomenon that mental health professionals should know about and thoroughly understand, especially those who work with children, adolescents, divorced adults, and adults whose parents divorced when they were children. We define parental alienation as a mental condition in which a child—usually one whose parents are engaged in a highco…

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Intervention strategies for parent coordinators in parental alienation cases

Families characterized by parental alienation present problems that are extremely difficult to resolve through conventional methods of family therapy. Court appointed parenting coordinators (P.C.) are in the very best position to make effective interventions in these cases. The authors use genograms to illustrate the difficulties of establishing normal visitation and re-…

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El constructo Síndrome de Alienación Parental (S.A.P.) en psicología forense: Una propuesta de abordaje desde la evaluación pericial psicológica

Desde que a mediados de los años ochenta el psiquiatra estadounidense Richard Gardner definiera el Síndrome de Alienación Parental muchas han sido las controversias sociales, científicas y jurídicas surgidas entorno a él. Entendiendo que dicha fenomenología tiene en el contexto judicial su principal ámbito de expresión, en el presente artículo se propone un abordaje de…

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