What about DSM-5 and parental alienation?

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What is in DSM-5 about parental alienation?

In the DSM-5 (published by the American Psychiatric Association in 2013), five diagnoses describe different aspects of parental alienation:

Parent–child relational problem (p. 715)

A new diagnosis in DSM-5: child affected by parental relationship distress (p. 716)

Another new diagnosis in DSM-5: 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.