“Incessant Parental Alienation is Child Abuse“| Discussion - Dr William Bernet & Dr Rakesh Kapur

Parental Alienation: A Silent Epidemic| Discussion Series| Episode 1 Speaker: Dr William Bernet, Child & forensic psychiatrist, Distinguished Life Fellow at American Psychiatric Association Link to Dr William Bernet Articles: Host: Dr Rakesh Kapur, Founder BambooTree Children’s Foundation Parental Alienation is a mental health disorder usually seen in children of divorcing couples wherein one parent lies, manipulates, tutors or brainwashes the child in order to compel the child to reject the other parent. It is happening all around us but we fail to recognize it since we dismiss it as parental conflict wherein the child has become collateral damage. While in reality it is a recognized form of severe child abuse, with outcomes at least as bad as physical & sexual abuse of children resulting in life-long handicap for the child and thus the society. Unfortunately, judicial and governmental apathy has led to Parental Alie