Alienation is fickle. There’s a moment on Pavement’s 1997 song ‘Shady Lane’ where frontman Stephen Malkmus sings, “You’ve been chosen as an extra in the movie adaptation of the sequel to your life”.

Parental alienation has become the nuclear weapon of custody battles. Accuse your ex of alienating your children, and you might win full custody. Get caught actually alienating, and you could lose ...

During 40 years of being a child and adult psychiatrist, and 20 years as a forensic child psychiatrist, I discovered one of the unsavory ways automatic living plays out. This occurs in parental ...

“The primary antagonist of the traditional proletarian was the boss. The primary antagonistic of the precariat is the state. A precariat revolt (hopefully peaceful) will lead to a new distinctive ...

Like most other grandparents around the country, John and his wife, Anne, can’t see their grandchildren during the Covid-19 shutdown. But for them the pain of separation started long before the ...

The concept of parental alienation was first put forth by Dr. Richard Gardner in 1985. Parental alienation primarily occurs during a high-conflict divorce in which the child identifies strongly with ...

The American Psychiatric Association has a hot potato on its hands as it updates its catalog of mental disorders — whether to include parental alienation, a disputed term conveying how a child's ...