Schizophrenia In A Beautiful Mind

In the movie A Beautiful Mind, which primarily takes place in the 1950s, John Nash exhibits signs of schizophrenia. He shows both positive and negative signs of the disorder. However, the movie does not portray all symptoms of schizophrenia accurately. Throughout Nash’s life-long battle with his illness, his family is dramatically affected. Overall, the movie implements a positive stigma of the disorder. While John Nash’s journey with his illness is not an entirely accurate depiction, the movie gives a positive light and awareness to schizophrenia.

“In one of the articles, John is a perfect example of a commanding mate, a husband who holds absolute power over his wife. He treats her as an minor, as seen here: “John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage.” John sees his wife’s feelings as laughable, never taking them seriously until it is too late. It is also clear from this statement that John laughs at his wife because it is what is expected by the community. Later, when Jane is qualified to control her own thoughts, his role as a strong, higher ranked husband and leader is switched, and he becomes much like a woman himself: “Now why should that man have fainted?” Having seen his wife in a state of dementia (symbolically, shattering the power he has over her), he faints, much like a woman would be expected to. Due to acceptance of her insanity, Jane has changed the traditional roles of husband

John went through most if not all the symptoms of schizophrenia. John’s wife, Alicia, who was pregnant

He had even hired a housekeeper to take care of not only the house, but the baby as well. John also controlled almost everything in her life. In fact, the only thing he did not control was her journal writing, and even then she had to hide it from him since he did not approve of it. When he comes she says, "I must put this (the journal) away - he hates to have me write a word"(471). Part of John's problem 1s that he is a doctor. As a doctor, he control's his wife's health care, prescribing her medicines and her overall cure. As her husband, he is too emotionally involved to look at the case objectively, or if he had, he might have seen her mind going before it was too late. Not only that, the accepted "cure" at that particular time was ineffective and would only serve to make his wife worse (473). This "cure" was the product of a certain Dr. Weir Mitchell; a nerve specialist whose theory of a "rest cure" for mentally unstable patients was later found to be unsuccessful. In the story, the husband's ill-advised attempts to treat his wife's symptoms drive her insane by taking all responsibility from her and forcing isolation upon her as a part of her "cure."

Although tender and caring, John played a significant role in causing the narrator’s descent into ‘madness’. By taking on the role of a physician and a husband, John symbolises the stronghold power men had over women in the past. Instead of respecting his wife’s request for some form of mental stimulation, John insists that she takes on the ‘rest’ treatment. The treatment only focuses on the physical condition of the patient, and not the emotional or mental

John, the narrator’s controlling, but loving, husband represents the atypical man of the time. He wants his wife to get better and to be able to fill the role of the perfect wife that society expected from her. John, being a doctor, did not quite believe that her mental illness was out of her control and insisted on

seems that John is very controlling and doesn't pay true attention to his wife. The illnesses of both the

His wife was the one person who knew him and dealt with the disease first hand. Due to his flat affect and severe anhedonia John was unable to be intimate with his wife and I can only imagine this to be very difficult for her especially when she was not aware of his disease. After learning of his diagnosis his wife grew fearful of him and was unable to trust him alone with their child. Again, I can only imagine the pain in not being able to leave your child with its father without fear of the child being harmed.

Over the last couple of days, we watched “A beautiful mind” by John Howard. This movie is based on middle-aged guy, named John Nash with a disorder called schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a disorder characterized by severe disturbances in thinking, mood, awareness, and behavior. John Nash is faced with many challenges in his life. He deals with delusional characters, which influences his actions.

A Beautiful Mind: Schizophrenia’s Troubling Past Ron Howard’s A Beautiful Mind takes a dive into the true story of a brilliant mathematician who also had to cope with demons far darker than anyone could have imagined. The film takes many twists and turns until the ultimate curveball is thrown at the audience: John Nash is schizophrenic, and many of the characters seen throughout the movie aren’t real. Schizophrenia doesn’t make frequent appearances in the media world, and although A Beautiful Mind isn’t perfect on its depiction of the illness, it certainly allows a conversation to start. The film touches on many important points about schizophrenia that are still prevalent today, such as the social stigma about mental illness,

Just like in reality, this movie does not identify any causal factors associated with schizophrenia, but its treatment and management are portrayed to work effectively with antipsychotic/ psychotropic medications and Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that makes the affected individual “to understand and appreciate his condition” (A beautiful Mind). Several inaccurate characterizations of schizophrenia in this movie relates to the fact that this condition does not affect males only but also females are affected, and apart from the positive symptoms of schizophrenia that are highlighted, the patient may also exhibit negative symptoms. It is also not advisable to keep or incarcerate the affected individuals in the hospital since the condition can easily be managed at home with adequate contribution of the family members (A beautiful Mind).

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder which causes a breakdown in relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, which leads to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, which can lead to incertitude of what is reality and what is a delusion. In the movie A Beautiful Mind, John Nash suffers from schizophrenia, which causes him to hallucinates people. With Nash having schizophrenia, it caused him to be intelligent when it came to number, and helped him propose to his girlfriend Alicia. If Nash was to not suffer from schizophrenia, it would dramatically change his life. This mental disorder benefit Nash’s life because it caused him to meet his wife, be intellectual, and have a job that he likes.

Once John returned home, Alicia was responsible for giving him his medication, monitoring his attitude, along with taking care of their son and the daily chores. John began slowed down and tired from his drugs and was unable to work, which made Alicia the sole provider for the household. Alicia is rapid to discover that John has stopped taking his medication, at the time of discovering his work in the shed. John’s illness petrifies Alicia after their baby nearly drowned and when he pushed Alicia and the baby into the wall. Nevertheless, Alicia remains devoted to her husband and makes a crucial decision to remain with him, to help support him and his illness.

John did not realize that Charles, Marcee, and Parcher were never there. His delusions were everywhere and also helped make some decisions. When John proposed to Alicia, it was Charles his delusion who suggested it. The whole time John thinks he is fine. When he would actually take his medication he would be zone out like a zombie. While John was in his own world, Alicia had to keep things stable around this house. Alicia worked and also took care of their young son. She was a huge support for John. When things really gotten bad, she could have left John but she did not. In the movie, John was so into his delusions he did not realize his son was under water. John thought Charles was watching over the young boy. Alicia felt enough was enough because he was not changing, and he had also secretly stopped taking his

The film gives a considerable amount of information into the mental state of schizophrenia, including the treatment and cures. Despite the fact that most will never know what it actually feels like to experience schizophrenia, this movie does exceptional job to illustrate the reality of this disorder. This movie is very effective at illustrating the diverse perceptions linked to schizophrenia. The movie starts in 1947