You may choose your own character from a TV series or movie OR choose from the list below. Read Chapter 19 and view PowerPoint Lecture 19 on personality disorders prior to completing this assignment. Answer the following questions.
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What movie or TV show did you choose?
Which character(s) demonstrated characteristics of a personality disorder?
Make a case (i.e., give at least 3 specific examples) for why the character(s) meet the criteria for
a specific personality disorder. You are NOT limited to the four personality disorders listed below but make your case for whichever disorder you “diagnose” your character(s) with.
Since it’s Hollywood, and thus fictional, what exaggerations, liberties, etc. might the filmmakers have included to make the character interesting, but which might not “ring true” for an actual patient with a personality disorder.
Category A – Antisocial Personality Disorder
Speed
Girl Interrupted
No Country for Old Men
The Dark Knight
Dorian Gray
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Silence of the Lambs
The Godfather
The Heat
Goodfellas
Category H – Histrionic P.D.
The Bird Cage
Gone with the Wind
A Streetcar Named Desire Forgetting Sarah Marshall My Week with Marilyn
Category B- Borderline P.D.
Misery
Streetcar Named Desire Fatal Attraction
Silver Linings Playbook The Great Gatsby
Gone Girl
Star Wars Episode 3-Revenge of the Sith
Category N- Narcissistic P.D.
Wall Street
Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
Mean Girls
Chicago
(Disney’s)Beauty & the Beast Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Arthur