What about DSM-5 and parental alienation?
What is in DSM-5 about parental alienation?
In the DSM-5 (The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, published by the American Psychiatric Association in 2013), five diagnoses describe different aspects of parental alienation:
Parent–child relational problem (p. 715)
Child affected by parental relationship distress (p. 716)
Child psychological abuse (p. 719)
Delusional symptoms in partner of individual with delusional disorder (p. 122), formerly called folie à deux
Factitious disorder imposed on another (p. 325), formerly called Münchausen syndrome by proxy
Bernet, W., Wamboldt, M.Z., Narrow, W. (2016). Child Affected by Parental Relationship Distress. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 55:571–579.
