title: Parents with Borderline Personality Disorder - approaches to early intervention.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  METHODS
  The paper discusses recent reviews of parenting and BPD and outlines recent clinical developments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  BPD raises significant challenges for parents, with potential adverse impact on infant attachment and development.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Approaches to early intervention should focus on improving the parental capacity as an attachment figure and their sensitivity to infant emotional communication.
authors.affiliation: Director, Centre for Womens Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia Louise.newman@thewomens.org.au.
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Newman
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D061345:Early Medical Intervention / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D011580:Psychological Techniques
keywords: Borderline personality disorder; attachment; parenting