The Recognition of Parental Alienation Syndrome

Most professionals agree that Parental Alienation Syndrome was first recognized and codified by Dr. Richard Gardner in his book of the same name. He first laid out his thesis in 1985 in an article, “Recent Trends in Divorce and Custody Litigation.” He expanded this into the book “Parental Alienation Syndrome,” and since then, Parental Alienation Syndrome  has been written about, studied, denied, debated, and - of course - has had dozens of forums and websites dedicated to it. Due to Dr. Gardner’s research we are now identified and understand what parental alienation syndrome is. Although some with special interests deny the existence of an actual “Syndrome”, no one with tha ability to think in a rational manner can deny that Parental Alienation exists in the world of divorce and child custody cases.