In the film “A Beautiful Mind”, Dr. John Nash suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. “Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that causes a person to experience distorted perceptions, inappropriate emotions or reactions, and confusion”(Baird, 2011). Paranoid is a subtype of schizophrenia, which includes delusions of grandeur and persecution, often accompanied by hallucinations(Baird, 2011). At the beginning of the film, Dr. John Nash starts his career at Princeton University as a mathematics graduate student, that spent most of his time striving to discover a profound, truly original equation in mathematics. At this point, Dr. Nash develops one of the three imaginary characters in his mind, his room mate, Charles Herman. After being employed at
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Stress of asking Alicia to marry him and the stress of becoming a father.
Each of the hallucinations filled an emotional void in Dr. Nash 's life; Charles offered friendship/companionship, Parcher acknowledged his brilliance, and Marcee offered unconditional love and support. Dr. Nash suffered from the delusion of being a spy for the Pentagon. This delusion allowed him to play a vital role to the government by deciphering Russian codes, however, it also led him to believe that the Russians were after him. Dr. Nash became very paranoid, he would see men stalking him at school and at home, which is a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia. Dr. Nash was admitted to a psychiatric hospital where he is officially diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was prescribed anti-psychotic medication and received weeks of insulin shock therapy. With the medication, Dr. Nash experienced a higher loss of function mentally, physically, and socially. He was not able to be as efficient in his mathematical work, he was not able to care for the well being of his son, and he was not able to be intimate with his wife. For these reasons, I would have chosen a different treatment …show more content…
The prisoners were tortured, verbally and mentally abused. It could have also been because if their timid and submissive attitudes that held them back from intervening with the bad guards, it may have been easier to stand with the bad guards than to oppose them, the bad guards had complete control over the prisoners as well the good guards. The prisoners tried to work within the prison system simply because they believed it was a real prison system. The prisoners were detached from the outside world and did not believe that anyone would be able to aid them. The simulation became so real that the prisoners identified themselves only by their prison identification number. With the combination of the prison atmosphere and the actions of the guards the prisoners no longer believed that they were involved in an experiment but a real system, and for that reason the prisoners did exactly what they were
Stress of asking Alicia to marry him and the stress of becoming a father.
Each of the hallucinations filled an emotional void in Dr. Nash 's life; Charles offered friendship/companionship, Parcher acknowledged his brilliance, and Marcee offered unconditional love and support. Dr. Nash suffered from the delusion of being a spy for the Pentagon. This delusion allowed him to play a vital role to the government by deciphering Russian codes, however, it also led him to believe that the Russians were after him. Dr. Nash became very paranoid, he would see men stalking him at school and at home, which is a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia. Dr. Nash was admitted to a psychiatric hospital where he is officially diagnosed with schizophrenia. He was prescribed anti-psychotic medication and received weeks of insulin shock therapy. With the medication, Dr. Nash experienced a higher loss of function mentally, physically, and socially. He was not able to be as efficient in his mathematical work, he was not able to care for the well being of his son, and he was not able to be intimate with his wife. For these reasons, I would have chosen a different treatment …show more content…
The prisoners were tortured, verbally and mentally abused. It could have also been because if their timid and submissive attitudes that held them back from intervening with the bad guards, it may have been easier to stand with the bad guards than to oppose them, the bad guards had complete control over the prisoners as well the good guards. The prisoners tried to work within the prison system simply because they believed it was a real prison system. The prisoners were detached from the outside world and did not believe that anyone would be able to aid them. The simulation became so real that the prisoners identified themselves only by their prison identification number. With the combination of the prison atmosphere and the actions of the guards the prisoners no longer believed that they were involved in an experiment but a real system, and for that reason the prisoners did exactly what they were