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A Beautiful Mind: Mental Illness in Pop Culture

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In this series, we focus on pop culture portrayals of mental health issues and professional helping, believing that media both reflect and influence popular perception. In this episode, we discuss the portrayal of genius, creativity, social awkwardness, paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis, and medication side-effects for Nobel Prize winning mathematician and Game Theory contributor John F. Nash, as depicted in the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind>, based on the biography of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. We also discuss Nash's relationship with his wife and primary caretaker, Alicia, and how she was affected by her husband's mental health issues and taking/non-taking of medication.
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Content provided by Scott A. Wickman, PhD; Leanne Deister-Goodwin, MOL; Joseph Flynn, PhD, Scott A. Wickman, PhD; Leanne Deister-Goodwin, and MOL; Joseph Flynn. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Scott A. Wickman, PhD; Leanne Deister-Goodwin, MOL; Joseph Flynn, PhD, Scott A. Wickman, PhD; Leanne Deister-Goodwin, and MOL; Joseph Flynn or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
In this series, we focus on pop culture portrayals of mental health issues and professional helping, believing that media both reflect and influence popular perception. In this episode, we discuss the portrayal of genius, creativity, social awkwardness, paranoid schizophrenia diagnosis, and medication side-effects for Nobel Prize winning mathematician and Game Theory contributor John F. Nash, as depicted in the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind>, based on the biography of the same name by Sylvia Nasar. We also discuss Nash's relationship with his wife and primary caretaker, Alicia, and how she was affected by her husband's mental health issues and taking/non-taking of medication.
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