Four Types of Borderline Mother / Daughter Relationships | Maternal Borderline Personality Disorder

This video answers the question: Can I discuss the relational dynamics between a mother with borderline personality disorder and her daughter? I answer this question by reviewing four types of the borderline mother/daughter relationship.

Borderline Personality Disorder.

In the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), we see nine symptom criteria for borderline personality disorder and five have to be met for a diagnosis. The symptom criteria include frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, unstable relationships, identity disturbance, impulsivity in two areas that are potentially self-damaging, suicidal behavior, affective instability, chronic feelings of emptiness, inappropriate or intense anger or difficulty controlling anger, and paranoid ideation or dissociation. Borderline personality disorder is a Cluster B personality disorder, so it’s in the same cluster is antisocial, narcissistic, and histrionic personality disorders.


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Marcoux, A., Bernier, A., Séguin, J. R., Boike Armerding, J., & Lyons, R. K. (2017). How do mothers with borderline personality disorder mentalize when interacting with their infants? Personality & Mental Health, 11(1), 14–22.

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