Maternal mental health and child problem behaviours: Disentangling the role of depression and borderline personality dysfunction

Fay Huntley; Nicola Wright; Andrew Pickles; Helen  Sharp; Jonathan Hill

doi:10.1192/bjpo.bp.117.005843

Maternal mental health and child problem behaviours: Disentangling the role of depression and borderline personality dysfunction

Fay Huntley^*, Nicola Wright, Andrew Pickles, Helen Sharp, Jonathan Hill

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School of Health in Social Science

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Background
It is not known whether associations between child problem behaviours and maternal depression can be accounted for by comorbid borderline personality disorder (BPD) dysfunction.

Aim
To examine the contributions of maternal depression and BPD symptoms to child problem behaviours.

Method
Depression trajectories over the fist-year postpartum were generated using repeated measurement from a general population sample of 997 mothers recruited in pregnancy. In a stratified subsample of 251, maternal depression and BPD symptoms were examined as predictors of child problem behaviours at 2.5 years.

Results
Child problem behaviours were predicted by a high maternal depression trajectory prior to the inclusion of BPD symptoms. This association was no longer significant after the introduction of BPD symptoms.

Conclusions
Risks for child problem behaviours currently attributed to maternal depression may arise from more persistent and pervasive difficulties found in borderline personality dysfunction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	300-305
Journal	BMJ Open
Volume	3
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.117.005843
Publication status	Published - 2 Jan 2018

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