Supportive Program for Mother With BPD

Summary

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is characterized by a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image and emotions as well as marked impulsivity. When patients have children, they are at high risk of severe emotional and relational disturbances (withdrawal, low self-esteem, depression, suicidal thoughts). In addition, studies support the effectiveness of parental guidance group to reduce emotional and behavioral difficulties of children. To our knowledge there are no programs directed to mothers with BPD who received a controlled evaluation.

From experience with parental guidance, data from the observation of children of patients with BPD and psychosocial programs directed to patients BPD, we have built for preventive intervention. The Supportive Program for Mothers with BPD (SuPMother-B) consists of 10 group sessions providing information (education, childcare, care specific to BPD) and promotes mother-child interactions (observation, games).

Purpose: Compare the effect of a program (SuPMother-B) group, of 10 sessions, offered to mothers with a BPD in addition to a minimal intervention (diagnostic announcement and provision of health care resources) on behavior withdrawal of children at 6 months compared to a group of mothers receiving only minimal intervention.

Primary outcome: Difference at 6 months between the experimental and control groups on scores on the assessment scale withdrawal (Alarm Distress Baby (ADBB)).

Conditions

• Parent-child Problem
• Borderline Personality Disorder

Interventions

OTHER

Supportive Program for Mother with BPD (SuPMother-B).

The development of the program is based on several principles: group process, groupware, mentalization, parental values, behavioral strategies and information on the child's needs, knowledge of the BPD and the strategies of get better. The program will last 10 sessions of group of about 2h. Minimal intervention. All study participants receive an individual interview about 45 minutes with a psychiatrist for three objectives: information on the diagnosis of BPD, information on resources for health care and educational aids.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Toulouse

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• CHEYNIER · UTAMS PMI Empalot

• LATOUR · UTAMS PMI Reynerie

• BLEY-RIBET · UTAMS PMI Bonnefoy

• MULQUIN · UTAMS PMI Rangueil

• KOUBAA · UTAMS PMI Cazères

• BERTIN · UTAMS PMI Montauban

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-07-31

Primary Completion

2014-05-31

Completion

2014-07-31

Countries

• France

Study Locations