%0 Journal Article %A Timothy M. Houchin %A John Ranseen %A Phillip A. K. Hash %A Daniel J. Bartnicki %T The Parental Alienation Debate Belongs in the Courtroom, Not in DSM-5 %D 2012 %J Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online %P 127-131 %V 40 %N 1 %X The DSM-5 Task Force is presently considering whether to adopt parental alienation disorder (PAD) as a mental illness. Although controversy has surrounded PAD since its inception in 1985, pro-PAD groups and individuals have breathed new life into the push to establish it as a mental health diagnosis. In this analysis, we argue that it would be a serious mistake to adopt parental alienation disorder as a formal mental illness in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). %U https://jaapl.org/content/jaapl/40/1/127.full.pdf