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__A Beautiful Mind__

This movie is based on the main character John Nash, played by Russell Crowe. He is a graduate student and teacher at Stanford with awkward and poor social skills. However, he is considered a mathematical genius whose problem- solving skills are extremely elevated. To summarize, the movie progresses with him becoming best friends with his, roommate Charles, meeting Charles’ niece Maurice, and being involved in a government conspiracy causing opposing spies to come after him. These three events relate to our classroom study by depicting the symptoms of schizophrenia. In this case Nash Suffers from Paranoid Schizophrenia; this is characterized by delusions of persecution, or grandeur. The first example that Nash has a problem would be that no one else can see Charles. In the movie, they are both playing pool together and Charles walks off to get a drink, a man approaches Nash and asks “who’s winning…you, or you?” The second example is that Maurice also does not exist. In the Movie Nash is Seen Picking her up and spinning her around; surrounding students just look confused when the look at him. Again, the movie portrays Maurice chasing a flock of pigeons; however once she reaches them none on them move. The third and most obvious example that Nash is becoming delusional is when he is asked to the pentagon to solve a problem. There he sees Parcher (the man out to get him) and asks who he is and gets no response. Further into to film he thinks he is being chased by Parcher for being part of a “conspiracy”. His total break with reality happens when he is detained by security (thinking it is Parcher) and sent to a hospital. The rest of the movie shows the struggle between patients and the medication they are prescribed. Like many others Nash is on and off his medication because of the negative effects. Such as, the flat affect, in which the person becomes unemotional and looses drive in life. This causes many problems in his relationship with his wife and child.

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