PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bernet, William AU - Baker, Amy J. L. TI - Parental Alienation, DSM-5, and ICD-11: Response to Critics DP - 2013 Mar 01 TA - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online PG - 98--104 VI - 41 IP - 1 4099 - http://jaapl.org/content/41/1/98.short 4100 - http://jaapl.org/content/41/1/98.full SO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2013 Mar 01; 41 AB - There has been considerable interest among forensic practitioners in the proposals that parental alienation be included in the next editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Diseases (DSM) and The International Classification of Diseases (ICD). However, there has also been a great deal of misunderstanding about the proposals, and misinformation has been expressed in professional meetings, on websites, and in journal articles. In this article we address four common misunderstandings regarding parental alienation: that there is a lack of research to support it as a diagnosis; that adopting parental alienation as a diagnosis will lead to serious adverse consequences; that the advocates of parental alienation are driven by self-serving or malevolent motives; and that Richard Gardner should be criticized for self-publishing his description of parental alienation syndrome.