How Does Borderline Personality Disorder Affect Children?
Are you meaning how children with Borderline personality disorder (BPS) parents are affected? Children are not typically diagnosed with personality disoderes until they are 18 years of age or older. On occasion children younger than this are diagnosed with BPD, but they are not supposed to be according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual published by the American Psychiatric Association. Children who live in homes with parents or relatives that have BPD are affected in many ways. To understand how, lets take a look as some of the symptoms and chacteristics of someone with BPD. I will first list one of the diagnostic criteria and then tell how it might affect/effect a child: The latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), defines Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) as: “a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image and affects, as well as marked impulsivity, beginning by early adulthood and present in a
Childhood abuse, neglect or separation Numerous studies have shown a strong correlation between child abuse, especially child sexual abuse, and development of BPD. Many individuals with BPD report having had a history of abuse, neglect, or separation as young children. Patients with BPD have been found to be significantly more likely to report having been verbally, emotionally, physically, and sexually abused by caregivers of either gender. They were also much more likely to report having caregivers (of both genders) deny the validity of their thoughts and feelings. They were also reported to have failed to provide needed protection, and neglected their child’s physical care. Parents (of both sexes) were typically reported to have withdrawn from the child emotionally, and to have treated the child inconsistently. Additionally, women with BPD who reported a previous history of neglect by a female caregiver and abuse by a male caregiver were consequently at significantly higher risk for
