Parents with Borderline Personality Disorder - approaches to early intervention.

OBJECTIVE

This paper aims to describe the issues confronting parents with a history of attachment-related trauma and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and outline contemporary approaches to intervention.

METHOD: The paper discusses recent reviews of parenting and BPD and outlines recent clinical developments.

RESULT: BPD raises significant challenges for parents, with potential adverse impact on infant attachment and development.

CONCLUSION

Approaches to early intervention should focus on improving the parental capacity as an attachment figure and their sensitivity to infant emotional communication.