Family Psychoeducation Approaches for Borderline Personality Disorder

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Porr
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Family Psychoeducation ◽  
Improve Treatment ◽  
Improve Treatment Outcome ◽  
The Family

This chapter provides a rationale for training family members of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) to help them develop into therapeutic allies and treatment adjuncts. It also describes the experiences of family members in finding help for their loved ones with BPD and the family psychoeducation programs currently available for BPD and other disorders. By default, families often are the only alternative available to handle crisis situations since some individuals with BPD refuse to participate in therapy, have dropped out of therapy, or appropriate BPD services are not available in their communities. With an understanding of BPD, social support, and appropriate training, families can potentially develop as adjuncts and that can help improve treatment outcome

scholarly journals “Family Connections”, a DBT-Based Program for Relatives of People with Borderline Personality Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Focus Group Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Isabel Fernández-Felipe ◽  
Amanda Díaz-García ◽  
José Heliodoro Marco ◽  
Azucena García-Palacios ◽  
Verónica Guillén Botella
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Great Satisfaction ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Connections

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the family environment due to the difficulties that have been generated by job losses, deaths, increase rates of family and domestic violence, poor mental health outcomes, and estrangement in personal relationships. “Family Connections” (FC) is an internationally renowned DBT-based program that supports the families and caregivers of people with borderline personality disorder. The study took place at a Specialized Health Centre in Spain. A focus group with seven participants was organized for people who had previously attended an FC group. The participants were asked about their experiences during the confinement periods that was caused by COVID-19 as well as their experiences and opinions on relatives, skills practiced, their need to and the advantages of attending the group, and satisfaction with the FC group. The qualitative research web program Dedoose was used for the thematic analysis of the data. The results showed that the participants experienced various experiences during confinement; validation and radical acceptance were determined to be the most useful skills; the importance of professionals and the content as well as the sincerity of attendees and having a safe space were determined to be the greatest benefits of the programs; and the participants all indicated great satisfaction of the program. This study allowed us to explore the experiences of family members of people with BPD with their loved ones during the confinement period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We evaluated the use of the FC program skills in the family environment during confinement, and we analyzed the acceptability and satisfaction with the FC program.

scholarly journals Etiological features of borderline personality related characteristics in a birth cohort of 12-year-old children

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 251-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Belsky ◽  
Avshalom Caspi ◽  
Louise Arseneault ◽  
Wiebke Bleidorn ◽  
Peter Fonagy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Environmental Mediation ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Family ◽  
Poor Cognitive Function ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stress Models

AbstractIt has been reported that borderline personality related characteristics can be observed in children, and that these characteristics are associated with increased risk for the development of borderline personality disorder. It is not clear whether borderline personality related characteristics in children share etiological features with adult borderline personality disorder. We investigated the etiology of borderline personality related characteristics in a longitudinal cohort study of 1,116 pairs of same-sex twins followed from birth through age 12 years. Borderline personality related characteristics measured at age 12 years were highly heritable, were more common in children who had exhibited poor cognitive function, impulsivity, and more behavioral and emotional problems at age 5 years, and co-occurred with symptoms of conduct disorder, depression, anxiety, and psychosis. Exposure to harsh treatment in the family environment through age 10 years predicted borderline personality related characteristics at age 12 years. This association showed evidence of environmental mediation and was stronger among children with a family history of psychiatric illness, consistent with diathesis–stress models of borderline etiology. Results indicate that borderline personality related characteristics in children share etiological features with borderline personality disorder in adults and suggest that inherited and environmental risk factors make independent and interactive contributions to borderline etiology.

Determining the Impact of Borderline Personality Disorder in the Treatment Outcome of Depression

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Eric Peselow ◽  
Ruby Mangsatabam ◽  
Kimberly Smith ◽  
Bret Becker ◽  
Enrique Lopez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Treatment Outcome ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
The Impact
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