Proposal for a Correction and Clarification to Parent–Child Relational Problem in DSM-5-TR
The principal authors of this document are William Bernet, M.D., DLFAPA, and Amy J. L. Baker, Ph.D. In this regard, Dr. Bernet and Dr. Baker are representing the Parental Alienation Study Group (PASG). PASG is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation with more than 900 members from 65 countries. The mission of PASG is to educate the public and mental health and legal practitioners regarding the causes, evaluation, prevention, and treatment of parental alienation. (See www.pasg.info.)
Additional authors—William E. Narrow, M.D., and Marianne Z. Wamboldt, M.D.—reviewed, edited, and endorsed this document. When DSM-5 was being developed, Dr. Narrow was the chair of the DSM-5 Research Group. Also, Dr. Narrow was the Chair and Dr. Wamboldt was a Contributor/Consultant for the chapter, “Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention.”
