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008			110331s2002 eng
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040			_aWSS _dAFV
100			_aFreckelton, Ian _91179
245			_aEvaluating parental alienation and child sexual abuse accommodation evidence _cFreckelton, Ian
260			_c2002
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520			_aThis article critically analyses parental alienation syndrome and child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome. The author argues that, since its inception, parental alienation syndrome has been met with both scepticism and criticism. The criticism is substantiated by studies that have shown that, whilst high-conflict divorces can involve much negative description and animosity towards the other parent, children rarely ever become detached from parents solely based on this. The author also points out that the American Psychology Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" has not yet incorporated this syndrome, therefore it has little support among psychologists. Child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome has also been criticised from many angles, most strongly for its assumptions that the child will not be believed by those around them, and also for its general symptoms, many of which are signs of abuse anyway.
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILD NEGLECT _9114
650	2	7	_2FVC _aCHILDREN _9127
650	2	7	_2FVC _aJUSTICE _9333
500			_aButterworths Family Law Journal 4 [(3)September 2002 : 57-66
650	2	7	_9103 _aCHILD ABUSE _2FVC
650	2	4	_aSEXUAL VIOLENCE _9531
773	0		_tButterworths Family Law Journal 4 [(3)September 2002 : 57-66
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