The 'junk science' of parental alienation infiltrated American family courts

> In "severe" cases, Gardner wrote, children with "parental alienation syndrome" must be removed from their mothers, transferred to the care of their fathers, and reeducated through what he called "threat therapy."

> Juvenile detention could cure children who refused to visit their fathers

Boy psychiatry seems full of quacks

This is a seriously disturbing read at so many levels.

"In May 2003, at age 72, Gardner dosed himself with painkillers and stabbed himself to death."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Gardner#Controversy