Original sentence: Concerns that Parental Alienation Syndrome can be misdiagnosed and used by abusive parents as a weapon against appropriately protective parents in order to win custody have been raised by the APA and Gardner amongst others.Most mental health professionals do not consider the disorder legitimate; some argue that it is often an excuse to allow abusers to escape responsibility for their actions.Parental Alienation Syndrome is not currently considered a syndrome by the American Psychological Association, American Medical Association, or any other legitimate mental health organization.The disorder has no diagnosis code in the current DSM, and it appears that it will not be included in the next edition of the DSM
Edited sentence: In referring to PAS, the diagnosis should not be used, as it is not recognized as real, and has no diagnosis code in the current DSM, and appears to be on the road to be ignored for the next DSM as well.Parental Alienation Syndrome, is not currently considered a syndrome by the American Psychological Association, American Medical Association, or any other legitimate mental health organization.The danger that Parental Alienation Syndrome can be misdiagnosed and used by abusive parents as a weapon against appropriately protective parents in order to win custody has been observed, by the APA and Gardner amongst others.They ignored the disorder for twenty plus years now, and most mental health professionals recognize the alleged disorder as fiction, developed to allow abusers to escape responsibility for their actions