Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2013;41(1):98-104.
There has been considerable interest among forensic practitioners in the proposals that parental alienation be included in the next editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases (DSM) and The International Classification of Diseases (ICD). However, there has also been a great deal of misunderstanding about the proposals, and misinformation has been expressed in professional meetings, on websites, and in journal articles. In this article we address four common misunderstandings regarding parental alienation: that there is a lack of research to support it as a diagnosis; that adopting parental alienation as a diagnosis will lead to serious adverse consequences; that the advocates of parental alienation are driven by self-serving or malevolent motives; and that Richard Gardner should be criticized for self-publishing his description of parental alienation syndrome.
在法医从业者中，人们对将父母离异纳入下一个版本的《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》（DSM）和《国际疾病分类》（ICD）的建议产生了浓厚的兴趣。然而，人们对这些建议也存在很多误解，并且在专业会议、网站和期刊文章中表达了错误信息。在本文中，我们将讨论关于父母离异的四个常见误解：缺乏支持其作为诊断的研究；将父母离异作为诊断会导致严重的不良后果；父母离异的倡导者是出于自私或恶意的动机；以及理查德·加德纳（Richard Gardner）应该因其自我出版的父母离异综合征描述而受到批评。
