Effectiveness of parenting training in mothers with a borderline personality disorder: a multiple baseline design
Borderline personality disorder
The DBT-based parenting training evaluated in this study is the Dutch version of the training for mothers with BPD developed by Renneberg and Rosenbach (2016). The main goal is to address the specific needs of the BPD mothers. The training focusses on BPD problems concerning parenting, interaction with the child and general knowledge about parenting strategies. The parenting training consists of 12 weekly (150 minutes) group sessions as well as six biweekly individual sessions.
1. A full diagnosis of BPD: meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5) criteria for BPD measured by a SCID-P-5, a structured clinical interview (Arntz et al., 2017) 2. Aged above 18 years 3. The primary caregiver to at least one child under the age of 8 years at the start of the group; whereby the acute welfare of the child was not endangered 4. Dutch speaking; able to comprehend Dutch at a level sufficient to complete self-report instruments, the assignments, the group training and individual sessions 5. Willing and able to commit to attending a 2-hour group once a week for 12 weeks, all measurements and 45 minutes individual session every other week
1. Lifetime psychosis or bipolar disorder type I 2. Insufficient cognitive capacity to comprehend the topics being discussed; screened by the SCIL (screener for intelligence and learning difficulties) with a cut-off score of 19 (Kaal et al. 2015) 3. Significant substance abuse that would have an impact on group functioning; as per clinical judgement following discussion with the research team 4. Start of new medication within 3 months before the start of this study Participants will not be excluded due to concurrent treatment (pharmacological or non-pharmacological)