Critique 

Baskin and Enright (2004) also posed a concern for endorsing forgiveness interventions. Baskin and Enright (2004) shared a concern the lack of establishment of a mental health variable, forgiveness or lack of forgiveness resulting from an injustice perpetrated on an individual has not been included as a diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM IV; American Psychiatric Association (APA), 1994). 

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Reference: 

Baskin, T.W., Enright, R.D. (2004) Intervention studies on forgiveness: A meta-analysis, Journal of Counseling and Development: JCD; Winter 2004; 82, 1; Proquest pg. 79

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Enright R.D., (2001). Forgiveness Is a Choice. Washington, D.C.: APA Books. International Forgiveness Institute