I really think the stigma comes from lack of understanding about what BPD is. I just read an article- can't remember the link or I'd post it- but it said that people hear BPD and they are either clueless, or think "Fatal Attraction". I've been reading some of linehans work and am hoping through her and others it can really be turned around. But until then, I think there really are a lot of docs out there that want to help. And docs are human too and they get frustrated too and if they can't separate themselves from their patients enough (no matter what the diagnosis!) then they don't need to be treating them.