Axis disorders from 'Beauty and the Beast'

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This paper reviews the five axes and associated diagnoses for four characters in the Disney movie 'Beauty and the Beast'. The paper provides associated treatment plans. Diagnoses range from hystrionic as demonstrated by the Beast, to narcissistic as demonstrated by Gaston to Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) for Belle to Dependent as evidenced by LeFou, Gaston's sidekick.

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"When Linda Woolverton wrote the screenplay for Walt Disney's movie 'Beauty and the Beast', her grand cast of characters portrayed a wide variety and range of different personality types. Consistent with Disney movies, many of the personalities displayed take various personality traits and portray them as extremes. As such, Disney movies make an excellent source from which to study personality disorders. According to the research, personality disorders are displayed through maladaptive, inflexible and antisocial behavior as evidenced by the way a person thinks, feels or behaves ("Personality Disorders"). "

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