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A further overview of scientific international literature to the subjects parent-child-alienation and parental alienation syndrome can be found on the websites http://home.att.net/~rawars/pasarticles.html und www.beideeltern.de/paslit.php.
There now exists an international body of specialist literature with in excess of 600 scientifically relevant publications from more than 30 countries and 6 continents on the subject of Parental Alienation and Parental Alienation Syndrome (see Bernet, W. et al.: "Parental Alienation, DSM-5 and ICD 11" in American Journal of Family Therapy, 38 (2): 76 – 187, 2010. See here in particular "References", pp. 143 – 182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01926180903586583).Audio tapes
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In July 2006 publication of: Gardner/Sauber/Lorandos, “International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome: Conceptual, Clinical and Legal Considerations”, Charles C. Thomas Publisher Ltd., Springfield, Illinois. This is a comprehensive textbook of remarkable quality for interested professionals of the various divorce related disciplines. In this handbook 32 experts from 8 countries present the current scientific knowledge about the Parental Alienation Syndrome, as well as on the theoretical and practical questions connected with it.
Contents and details about the handbook can be found at http://www.ccthomas.com (book orders directly from the publisher, Amazon.com (USA), or other book sellers).
The professional database of the American Psychological Association (APA) cites two reviews of the “International Handbook of Parental Alienation Syndrome”
An international working group of more than 70 psychiatrists, child psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, legal professionals, practitioners and scholars from 13 countries has developed a proposal for the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) calling for the inclusion of "Parental Alienation Disorder" in the diagnostic systems DSM-5 and ICD-11. This was submitted to the respective scientific committees for consideration in late 2009 (see: Bernet, W. et al.: "Parental Alienation, DSM-5 and ICD 11" in American Journal of Family Therapy, 38 (2): pp. 76 - 187, 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01926180903586583). An extended version of this text was published as a book in October 2010: Bernet, W. (2010). Parental Alienation, DSM-5, and ICD-11. Charles C. Thomas Publisher Ltd., Springfield, Illinois, http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398079444
Boch-Galhau, Wilfrid von: Parental Alienation und Parental Alienation Syndrome/Disorder – Eine ernst zu nehmende Form von psychischer Kindesmisshandlung – mit Fallbeispielen, VWB-Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, Berlin, 2012, ISBN-Nr. 978-3-86135-178-8), e-mail: info@vwb-verlag.com; www.vwb-verlag.com
The author - psychiatrist and psychotherapist - has lent a voice to some victims of "Parental Alienation" among the many documented cases from his practice. They describe in form of letters, case histories, interviews, and follow-up interviews their life experience and serious problems that resulted for them well into advanced adult age. The book is a plea for recognizing induced parent-child alienation as psychological child abuse, and for prevention and intervention in time, such that playing down and denying finally has an end.
“Parental Alienation and Parental Alienation Syndrome/Disorder – A serious form of psychological child abuse – with case examples” has appeared in English in VWB-Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung, Berlin, 2013 [168 pages, ISBN 978-3-86135-326-3, http://www.vwb-verlag.com/Katalog/m326.html, info@vwb-verlag.com). Chap. I is completed with some important new literature, Chap. 4, 3, e) and g) are new, the rest is the translation from German to English.
The famous french psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Marie-France Hirigoyen, well known by „Le harcèlement moral. La violence perverse au quotidian”,La Décourverte & Syros, Paris (1998) has dedicated a whole chapter (chapter 2; pp. 108 – 151) on „Parentale Alienation“ in her new book „Abus de faiblesse et autres manipulations“ (JC Lattès, Paris, 2012). In the introduction (p. 14 – 15) she writes: „It happens that, in the context of conflictual separation , a father or a mother unconsciously manipulates a child to get him to reject the other parent. In case of parental alienation, children are the first victims : not only because this conflict greatly affects their psychic future, but they also become complicit in the elimination of the rejected parent, in which they participated actively. It is important to detect as early as possible the slippage from what is considered as normal during conflictual separation conflict (difficulty to find its place as a parent) to the Pathological (instrumentalization of the child leading him to reject the other parent), because the break of the link is a severe emotional abuse for the child. Parental alienation constitutes an abuse of weakness because a child, inherently vulnerable, has no sufficient maturity to get rid of such a conflict."
A new book by B. Fidler, N. Bala & M. Saini, “Children who resist post-separation Parental Contact – a differential approach for legal and mental Health professionals”, was published in 2013. American Psychological Law Society Series, Oxford University-Press. This critical, empirically based overview of parental alienation combines the best research evidence with clinical insights from interviews with leading scientists and professionals.
In their preparatory work for ICD-11, M. Foran, S. R. H. Beach, A. M. Smith Slep, R. E. Heyman & M. Z. Wamboldt (Eds., 2013) “Family Problems and Family Violence – Reliable Assessment and the ICD-11” define parental alienation syndrome and parental alienation as a “caregiver-child relational problem” (p. 191) and suggest criteria for diagnosing it (p. 219).
Demosthenes Lorandos, William Bernet, and S. Richard Sauber (Editors), PARENTAL ALIENATION: The Handbook for Mental Health and Legal Professionals, 550 pages, hardcover +1 CD with more than 1000 references, a survey of 500 (North American) cases, and 25 sample motions. Also as e-book.
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It contains 16 chapters. A description, author list, table of contents, and excerpts from the book can be found on the web pages of the publisher: http://www.ccthomas.com/details.cfm?P_ISBN13=9780398088811 .
