Dimensional classification for DSM-5 personality disorders in ‘Rachel getting married’ (2009): a media content analysis with teaching purposes

The antisocial personality disorder in the Brazilian movies

“…incoherent with her financial gains and absence of a consistent labor (52). The prostitution is her way of life; she deceives her clients (12), and pretends to be a teenage boy. She presents anger, verbal aggression and fights (32).…”

“…Tonho travels to the USA to obtain the Greencard, accepts to forge a marriage with an American woman (12). The character is arrested when he participated in a blow to a policeman.…”

“…Majestade built a career directed to illegal activities (2). The character lives an extramarital affair, and to keep it, lives inside the prison a double life (12). He is also a drug dealer at the penal institution (2).…”

“…One prisoner kills another under Majestade's violent lead (32), without showing remorse or guilt (62). Afterwards, he persuaded another inmate to hold the liability for the act, by taking advantage of his drug addiction to crack and an apparent intellectual deficiency (12).…”

“…Other important aspect is to enhance empathy as an urgent need for educational programs to health students because it is a crucial trait for the development of a satisfactory doctorpatient relationship 10 . Movies on dementia, schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder have potentiality to favor empathy feelings from the students in relation to the individuals with such diagnoses 11, In clinical practice, personality disorders (PD) may be particularly difficult for the students to understand the clinical picture 12 . In addition, for some decades studies have indicated the problems concerning counter transference and negative feelings among professionals dealing with the mental disease/health of patients diagnosed with PD [13][14][15] .…”