William Bernet, M.D., graduated from Holy Cross College (summa cum laude) and Harvard Medical School. A professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, he has testified as an expert in forensic psychiatry about 300 times in 24 states. Dr. Bernet and Judge Don R. Ash published Children of Divorce: A Practical Guide for Parents, Therapists, Attorneys, and Judges(2007).Dr. Bernet edited Parental Alienation, DSM-5, and ICD-11(2010). He and his colleagues edited Parental Alienation: The Handbook for Mental Health and Legal Professionals(2013). Dr. Bernet and Dr. Demosthenes Lorandos edited Parental Alienation–Science and Law(2020). He was the founder and first president of the Parental Alienation Study Group.