"a beautiful mind" and mental health?

"a beautiful mind" and mental health?would you say the movie "a beautiful mind" portrays a negative, mixed, or positive image of mental illness? what influence do you think the movie has on the publics view of mental illness?

Answer by pink_pup
Positive, he came out well! he still had his wife, his friends, his intelligence, and it was controlled by medication. I think it influenced the public's view positively, to show that he can still be a completely normal person, and it really is a medical thing.

Answer by Reese's
pink_pup you are wrong. The actual person in a "Beautiful Mind" did not live such a normal life, he lost his wife (though she stayed close), did not have many friends, and was mentally and intellectually impaired by the medications given to him. He was given electro-shock multiple times against his own will. In fact, John Nash stopped taking medications and receiving help from professionals because he found it all to be stunting his mathematical abilities. Nash learned to control his hallucinations and coped with them for the rest of his life.

I think the film helped put a sympathetic light on mental illness, Nash is not a scary schizophrenic frequently portrayed but a tragic figure cursed by his own genius.

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Hi,I did the following:

Mind Freedom: Mental Health Choice and Empowerment

Here are a few short clips from a panel representing mental health consumers and psychiatric survivors who spoke on how to further organize for change in the mental health system. The speakers are survivors of an abusive psychiatric system who became activists. The main speaker is David Oaks, director of Mind Freedom International based in Eugene, who describes his efforts to give choice, freedom, and human rights priority within the system. He talks about his own experience, how mental health consumers are being shut out of the debate, and the problems caused by too much influence of the pharmaceutical industry in mental health, including within the prison system. But he also is sets the principle of personal choice over use of psychiatric drugs as opposed to the forced drugging that often occurs. He makes clear his goal is change by peaceful revolution. And during the public forum we hear from an activist who proclaims, "dont let them label your soul", referring to the arbitrary psychiatric labels the industry often assigns. Taped Feb. '08
Video Rating: 4 / 5

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