How Does Borderline Personality Disorder Affect Parental Care?

Abstract

This article seeks to find arguments based on research for the possibility of dealing with borderline personality disorders (BPDs). This is illustrated by the frequency with which children are removed from parents who have been given the diagnosis of BPD. The author favors the view that there are degrees of BPD. As a result, it is felt that psychological treatment can do much to reverse the symptoms of BPD, in many cases, if not all. Following the delineating of the research, the author presents strategies and procedures that seek to counteract the symptoms of BPD and when possible the eventual reinstatement of children with the parent.

KEYWORDS:

• borderline personality disorder
• parental care
• possible remedies