ABSTRACT This Commentary addresses the issue of the ethics of mental health professionals recommending or doing what family courts and some others are calling “Reunification Therapy.” This is often being recommended and used across the country, and ordered by family courts, as if it has a scientific basis for successful therapy between an estranged parent and a child who does not wish to re-engage with that parent, often where the child has alleged the parent has abused them physically, sexually, or psychologically. This Commentary challenges the ethics and validity of such approaches and programs.

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家庭法院下令“统一治疗”：以帮助父母/子女关系为幌子的垃圾科学？

摘要 本评论解决了精神卫生专业人员推荐或执行家庭法庭和其他一些人称之为“团聚疗法”的道德问题。这通常在全国范围内被推荐和使用，并由家庭法院下令，好像它具有在疏远的父母和不想与该父母重新接触的孩子之间成功治疗的科学依据，通常孩子在声称父母在身体、性或心理上虐待他们。本评论对此类方法和计划的道德和有效性提出了挑战。