A beautiful mind: Study of Schizophrenia

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

6 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

01/09/2009

Category :

Social studies

Sub category :

Psychology

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Summary :

Introduction.
The first appearance of John Nash.
The symptoms that Nash exhibits in the movie.
1. A diagnosis of autism.
2. Overcoming the symptoms that prevented him from developing a significant relationship.
3. how long did John Nash exhibit symptoms of schizophrenia.
4. The negative symptom of asociality.
5. The flat affect.
6. Anhedonia.
A psychodynamic approach to treatment.
Psychiatrist Harry Stack Sullivan.
1. A gradual, nonthreatening development of a trusting relationship.
2. Psychodynamic approach to schizophrenia combined with appropriate medications.
Conclusion.

Abstract

"Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?" (Grazer & Howard, 2001). The hell described in the previous quote is the hell of schizophrenia; of learning that one has the disease, and much of what they considered to be reality is, in fact, a delusion. Hallucinations, delusions, flat affect, bizarre behavior, and more, are all common symptoms of schizophrenia. In the movie A beautiful mind, directed by Ron Howard, the main character, John Nash, exhibits many of these symptoms over the course of the film. The symptoms portrayed in this character could, at first glance, lead to several possible diagnoses.