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

Huntley, Fay, Wright, Nicola ORCID: 0000-0002-3285-2051, Pickles, Andrew, Sharp, Helen and Hill, Jonathan (2017) Maternal mental health and child problem behaviours: disentangling the role of depression and borderline personality dysfunction. BJPSYCH OPEN, 3 (6). pp. 300-305.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.117.005843

Abstract

<h4>Background</h4>It is not known whether associations between child problem behaviours and maternal depression can be accounted for by comorbid borderline personality disorder (BPD) dysfunction.<h4>Aim</h4>To examine the contributions of maternal depression and BPD symptoms to child problem behaviours.<h4>Method</h4>Depression trajectories over the first-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.<h4>Results</h4>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.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Risks for child problem behaviours currently attributed to maternal depression may arise from more persistent and pervasive difficulties found in borderline personality dysfunction.<h4>Declaration of interest</h4>None.<h4>Copyright and usage</h4>© The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2017, this is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Serious Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Brain Disorders, Behavioral and Social Science, Mental health, 3 Good Health and Well Being
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	12 Dec 2017 08:21
Last Modified:	15 Mar 2024 02:53
DOI:	10.1192/bjpo.bp.117.005843
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3013946