3 Years & 9 Months too long...
Friday, 9 April 2021 marks 3 years and 8 months since Nikki was abducted to Sofia, Bulgaria. I currently have zero contact with Nikki or receive news of his state of wellness, despite multiple attempts via multiple channels directed to his mother. Parental Alienation is child abuse… Not a day passes that I do not think of Nikki..... Thanks to the efforts of a growing number of dedicated mental health and behavioral clinician-scientists, PA is gaining acceptance as a recognized disorder. It has been proposed as a search term in ICD-11 ( QE52.0 Caregiver-child relationship problem ). The concept of PA is described in DSM-5, if not listed as a formal diagnosis. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 3 and the American Academy of Pediatrics 4 have both included discussion of PA in society guidelines.