Hello All, Just saw "A Beautiful Mind" - a pretty good flick, but I'm questioning one part, where the main character, John Nash, is diagnosed with schizophrenia and is treated with "insulin shock therapy." I know this movie was based on real events in Nash's life, and I know they play a little loose with the facts, but that's a cinema prerogative.
My question: am wondering how likely it was that insulin shock therapy was actually used on him. He was diagnosed in 1959. As far as I could determine, insulin shock therapy wasn't used after the late 1940's. A few other inconsistencies - did he have a "thorazine shuffle" or just acquire an odd gait in later life? It's implied - but a little unclear - that he chose to forego medication for at least a period during the time when his schizophrenia symptoms were severe. In his autobiography, he also expresses surprise that his symptoms abated in his old age. There will be a PBS special on April 28th (9 EST) about him. And here's the website for his autobiographical sketch: www.nobel.se/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html Beth Benoit University Systems of New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
