The academic study and practical treatment of domestic abuse are evolving. Historically, researchers and support workers have tended to adopt the view that domestic abuse is inherently gendered, with ...

And that lends credibility to the concept and to the label.” Meier said that if Harman and her supporters succeed in getting parental alienation officially designated as a mental disorder, abused ...

Dozens of children have been forced into contact with fathers accused of abuse, a study has found. In some cases in the research, revealed for the first time by the BBC, the fathers were convicted ...

The biggest family court reform in 30 years still won't stop women seeing their children being handed to their abusers.

Key points Parental alienation can occur when hostility between feuding partners leads to a child becoming hostile and rejecting of one parent. There is controversy about whether this is a valid label ...