A Beautiful Mind as a Film about Schizophrenia and Its Symptoms
This film tells the story of John Nash who is a genius and talented in mathematics. His theories and findings are officially recognized by the mathematical community, as a result, have been distinguished in international reputation and social recognition. Married with Alicia and enjoying a comfortable life with his little son, until soon some changes will 'destroy' his remaining life. His integration into the CIA and the job he was assigned to decrypt highly secret codes, this will have the effect of disturbing his mental health and then begins his effort to cope with the situation he is in.The main point of the essay is that it is based on real facts, also is to show this type of illness that still remains misunderstood all over the world, although it affects so many people.
Watching this film helps many people get closer and live together with a person suffering from such a disease. From the point that they understand that John Nash suffers from schizophrenia, they inform the doctor and begin the medical treatment.
Typically, people with schizophrenia have auditory and visual hallucinations, paranoid ideas, and disorganized speech and thoughts, which is causing them serious problems in their social life. In this film, schizophrenia is presented to the protagonist of the film “John Nash” which was accepted at Princeton University, and then he met his co-owner 'Charles Herman', who is a student of literature. Charlie and his little niece called “Marcee” appear almost every day in John's everyday life. Beyond that, another one person 'William Parcher', is a member of the United States Department of Defense trying several times to persuade him to go with his side. This particular mental illness has specific symptoms that many times are difficult to distinguish from many people. But in this film provides accurate and objective information that you can understand in many scenes about the specific mental illness. For example, Schizophrenia is a chronic illness, which has as a result most of the time to make people see and hear things that do not exist, illusions and paranoia are afraid that others are conspiring against them.
The basic symptoms of schizophrenia for the man who has this illness. First of all, it creates inside his mind images and illusions that he thinks are true while in reality, they do not exist. He begins to fear and behaves with intense suspicion and believes in fantastic things, for example, a scene with shootings, so he tries to take his own actions to protect himself, which seems absurd and funny many times. Secondly, has an impact on the social relations between the people around us, this particular disease leads man to loneliness and marginalization. Τhe man is closed to himself, with the result that he cannot socialize and come into contact with other people. As a consequence, he cannot find the woman of his life and to create his own child and his own family. (Psychologist, Σταύρος Μπουρδάκης, https://lifesubjects.gr/psychike-ygeia-kai-symperiphora/schizophreneia-symptomata-synepeies-kai-antimetopise).
If schizophrenia is detected early, then the appropriate medication by the special doctor may become better. Unfortunately, schizophrenia is not a disease that can be cured. However, there are ways with the proper medication cannot be worse. Depending on the condition of the patient, doctors give the right medicines and with the help of the family makes him control and distinguish the real from the imaginary, to think more clearly without facing dilemmas that stress him. (Molecular - nuclear biologist, Θοδωρής Γιάνναρος http://www.zougla.gr/ygeia/article/sxizofrenia-8erapia-ke-elegxos).
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