02 - Psychopathology in Children of Mothers With Borderline Personality Disorder

Abstract

Children of mothers with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are at greater risk to develop child behavior problems and psychopathology, including BPD in the future. Mothers with BPD tend to show increased hostility during mother-child interaction and may have difficulties with bonding, affect attunement and attachment. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8) Their limited ability to negotiate a secure attachment with their babies, associated with reduced maternal emotional availability might play a critical role in transmitting maternal psychopathology on the child . (6,(8)(9)(10)(11)(12) The purpose of this work is to describe the state of art of medical literature about psychopathology in infants of mothers with borderline personality disorder. Methods:The authors revised the published literature about this topic, selecting the relevant articles with the topic words: "borderline personality disorder", "motherhood/mother" and "children psychopatology" in scientific date base.