Schizophreniaby Giovanni Costello

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it hard to:

Tell the difference between what is real and not real

Think clearly

Have normal emotional responses

Act normally in social situations

Schizophrenia Subtypes:

Paranoid Delusions of grandeur and persecution, often accompanied by

hallucinations

Catatonic Non-reation to the enviroment, extreme negativism or wild agitation

Disorganized Disorganized speech, flattened or inappropiate emotion

Undifferentiated Varied symptoms

Schizophrenia

What happends in the brain?

Enlarged ventricles Reduced frontal lobe activity Activity in the auditory cortex

A Beautiful Mind

Synopsis

John Nash is a brilliant mathematician that accepts work for a secret agency, that really doesn't exist. Through his own delusions and hallucinogens he begins work for them which is actually a shed in his backyard. It is a journey to understanding what is real and what isn't and his ability to try and keep his family together while dealing with schizophrenia.

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A Beautiful Mind

Delusions of grandeur massive false beliefs

Hallucinogens false sensory perceptions

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Delusions of grandeurhis job...

Delusions of grandeur

John Nash had this false belief he was working for a secret agency, he also beleived he was doing something great and The movie was very accurate with the effects of schizophrenia and the delusions within them.

Hallucinogenshis friends...

Hallucinogens

John Nash had three unmastakable fictious characters. The movie was very accurate with the effects of schizophrenia and the hallucinogens within them.

Reference page (images)

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/a-beautiful-mind-2001

http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/schizophrenia-brain-study-shows-impaired-ability-to-imitate/

http://sciencenewstoyou.blogspot.com/2012/03/smoking-may-increase-risk-of.html

http://www.mental-illness-resources.com/Schizophrenia.html

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