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What is Parental Alienation Syndrome (P.A.S.)?

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What is Parental Alienation Syndrome (P.A.S.)?

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Parental Alienation Syndrome (P.A.S.) is a complex phenomenon which can occur in the context of a divorce/custody situation. Many so-called trained “professionals” are unable to diagnose it. Few courts recognize PAS as an actionable cause. The organized body overseeing the psychiatry industry also does not recognize PAS. Yet, for many people, especially non-custodial parents, it is a very real phenomenon. For a more detailed discussion, please visit Dr. Richard Gardner. We shall note that others have also studied the problem of P.A.S., and have diverging opinions from Dr. Gardner’s work. In the interest of fairness, we present the following links: • Parental Alienation • Remarriage as a Trigger of P.A.S. • Understanding and Treating P.A.S. Furthermore, if you or your children have suffered from PAS, you may also wish to contact the Rachel Foundation. They work with reintegration cases involving abducted or alienated children, either in a residential (confidential) setting, or on an out

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I’m sure that the average person has heard of Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS) by now, with the current divorce rate at about 50 percent. Father’s Rights organizations (also disguised as “equal parenting” or “children’s rights” organizations) have used this syndrome increasingly to prove that women are preventing their access to their children. Dr. Richard A. Gardner recognized this syndrome and breathed life into PAS in 1985 in an article titled, “Recent Trends in Divorce and Custody Litigation.” It consist of eight symptoms that can be observed in a child affected by PAS: 1. The Campaign of Denigration 2. Weak, Frivolous, or Absurd Rationalizations 3. Lack of Ambivalence 4. The “Independent-Thinker” Phenomenon 5. Reflexive Support of the Alienating Parent in the Parental Conflict 6. Absence of Guilt Over Cruelty to and/or Exploitation of the Alienated Parent 7. Presence of Borrowed Scenarios 8. Spread of the Animosity to the Extended Family and Friends of the Alienated Parent The s

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Often shortsighted and abusive mothers will try to turn children against their father. The mentally abused children sometimes develop “Parent Alienation Syndrome.” Gordon B. Plumb, Ph. D., Carbondale, Illinois, recently published a book Humanizing Child Custody Disputes, (foreword by Congressman Glenn Poshard). Chapter VIII deals with Parent Alienation Syndrome, defined as: “a disturbance in which children are preoccupied with depreciation and criticism of a parent; denigration that is unjustified and/or exaggerated.” Furthermore, “Parent Alienation syndrome is caused by the conscious or unconscious acts of one parent brainwashing or programming a child against the other parent and if allowed to continue for over a year, there is a strong likelihood that any meaningful relationship between the child and the “hated” parent is impossible until at least the child becomes an adult. The irony of Parent Alienation Syndrome is that the child’s feelings are most often the opposite to what is e

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