Well... I'm not convinced that borderline personality disorder is an illness. Some people are 'bad, not mad' it is, I think a desire to medicalise normal human variations. I'm shy, does that mean I have borderline social anxiety personality disorder? My opinion is that the patient is manipulative rather than mentally ill - her acting out is a way to obtain attention that is outside some of societial norms. Thanks for the comment - and I agree that there needs to be some serious improvement in mental heatlh provision.