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Portia,
You are correct in that PAS is not recognized by the DMS
IV but do not fail to recognize that the reason is that it is NOT a
syndrome at all, in spite of its name. To be a syndrome of symptoms, or
events, the various elements must be predictable prior to their
occurrence. This "theory" is simply not that, but is a collection of
descriptors that "seem" reasonable to expect. My point in advising you or
anyone else to NOT use this argument is that you risk hurting the points that
you want to make to the court simply by using the term "syndrome", since the
other side of the case can easily bring in many experts to point out that PAS
does not exist as a syndrome at all. That is not your point, nor is it
critical to the argument that you want to make, and all you have to do to avoid
this kind of legal disaster, is NOT use that terminology.
I am in Panama City, Florida. I have seen over 2000
cases for evaluation of abuse through the Child Protection Team in this area,
over the last 20 years. I frequently testify in court on these
matters. I do not have an attorney to recommend to you, but I would expect
that the attorneys in your area could suggest someone in or out of your
area.
Jim Hord
>From ???@??? Mon Jul 24 16:42:14 2000 Status: U Return-Path: Received: from elist01.mail.cornell.edu (elist01.mail.cornell.edu [132.236.56.28]) by postoffice.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA25404; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:41:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by elist01.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA02264; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:41:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from elist01.mail.cornell.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by elist01.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA01507; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:25:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: from router2.mail.cornell.edu (router2.mail.cornell.edu [132.236.56.16]) by elist01.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA00497 for Received: (from daemon@localhost) by router2.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA27120 for CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Mon, 24 Jul 2000 16:00:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.rdc1.fl.home.com (ha1.rdc1.fl.home.com [24.2.3.66]) by router2.mail.cornell.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA27108 for Received: from JamesE ([24.8.44.172]) by mail.rdc1.fl.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.00 201-229-116) with SMTP id <20000724200028.TKMN22366.mail.rdc1.fl.home.com@JamesE> for Mon, 24 Jul 2000 13:00:28 -0700 Message-ID: <000901bff5a9$2d45f1e0$ac2c0818@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reply-To: "James Hord" X-PH: V4.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cornell Modified) X-PH: V4.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Cornell Modified) From: "James Hord" To: Child Maltreatment Researchers References: Subject: Re: borderline personality or PTSD? Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 14:54:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-Tag: 866 Sender: owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@xxxxxxxxxxx X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.09.cu01/000107/15:22 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN > ...there is certainly a body of resiliency research that > would challenge the claim that all child abuse results in permanent > damage, especially as specific as BPD. > > Karen I originally became involved with child abuse cases because of my concern that many victims of abuse suffered the significant, if not the most psychological damage, AFTER they reported the abuse. A well-meaning system can still be harmful. Now, after having done well over 2000 evaluations for our local Child Abuse Team, I still have the same concerns. As to the above specifically, many people without identified adjustment problems, if asked about child abuse in their background, will report such experiences. Jim Hord James E. Hord, Jr. Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist Jim@xxxxxxxx http://PSWF.com Jim Hord |
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