Slam the Gavel welcomes William Bernet, M.D. Emeritus Member and Professor of Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Prior to retirement, Dr. Bernet was a Forensic Psychiatrist who evaluated adults, children and families involved in legal situations, both civil and criminal.
Dr. Bernet's book, "Children of Divorce," was co-authored with a circuit court judge, Don Ash. In 2010, he published Parental Alienation, DSM-5 and ICD-11. In 2014 he and his colleagues published Parental Alienation: The Handbook for Mental Health and Legal Professionals which was edited by Demosthenes Lorandos, William Bernet and S. Richard Sauber.
Other interests prior to Dr. Bernet's retirement included pretrial competency and insanity evaluations, death penalty mitigation, genotyping of defendants, child custody and visitation disputes and allegations of child sexual abuse as well as forensic psychiatry in particular the effects of divorce, child custody disputes, Parental Alienation, child maltreatment and genomics of violence.
Dr. Bernet's current research interest is methodology for distinguishing Parental Alienation and Parental Estrangement.
Dr. Bernet discussed his book, "Parental Alienation-Science and Law," published in 2020 (Demosthenes Lorandos/William Bernet) explains the research that creates the foundation for the assessment, identification, and intervention in cases of parental alienation (PA). For attorneys, judges, and family law professionals, this book explains in detail the scientific basis for testimony and legal decisions that relate to PA. Dr. Bernet also explained that it is organized around the Five Factor Model. This book can be found on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Dr. Bernet explained how the concept of parental alienation has been admitted into evidence in more than 1,100 court cases in the U.S. since 1985. He also discussed how the Five-Factor Model (FFM) can be used to diagnose parental alienation. Articles regarding the FFM have been published in peer-reviewed journals, that is, Feedback (the journal of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland) and the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Not a podcast to be missed with so much information that child psychologists, judges and attorneys need to know about.
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