Opposite sides of the same coin: syndrome evidence, child abuse and the wrongful conviction of Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis

Figures & data

Table

	CSAAS (Ellis)	PAS (family court)
Stimulus	Sexual abuse	Parental alienation
Response	secrecy, withdrawal, estrangement^a^bcdef helplessness^a ambivalence^b fluctuating anger and affection^b^d soiling and bed wetting^ghij insomnia and nightmares^d^fghk tantrums, lashing out^a^dghl headaches and stomach problems^f^g anxiety, exhaustion, depression^c^fghm guilt, shame, embarrassment^b^ce sexual preoccupation^g^hm imaginary friends^a substance use^a self-harm^a^c academic over-achievement^a decline in school performance^c	disclosing abuse^n^opy fear of or hostility to one parent^o^pqrsz ambivalence^s^u fluctuating anger and affection^p^rsvw similar thought/language to parent^p^rs wanting to live with one parent^q^rsx# defiance, acting out, anti-authority^r^s spying and eavesdropping^r anxiety and depression^s^t rigid world view^r

^aSummit ‘CSAAS’.

^bR v B I.

^cR v Accused.

^dR v B II.

^eBussey v Commonwealth.

^fHellstrom v Commonwealth.

^gEllis Appeal.

^hG v R.

ⁱR v A.

^jSallee v Commonwealth.

^kVires v Commonwealth.

^lBrown v Commonwealth.

^mAlexander v Commonwealth.

ⁿC v B [2018] NZCA 322.

^oRMJ v BJG [2017] NZHC 1159.

^pDaviau v Desrosiers [2015] NZFC 7922.

^qLowe v Way [2017] NZFC 6365.

^rFinn v Poole [2015] NZHC 1362.

^sJF v DF 112 NYS3d 438 (2018).

^tBush v Johnson [2019] NZHC 186.

^uMann v Armstrong [2020] NZFC 1319.

^vBaker v Everill [2015] NZFC 1036.

^wJ v M (2004) 24 FRNZ 1019.

^xHenderson v Morgan [2013] NZHC 1010.

^yPip Cobcroft and Catherine Townsend (2022).

^zApril Trenberth, ‘A Brief Overview’ (2022).

^#Sarah Calvert, ‘Talking to Kids’ (2022).