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A Beautiful Mind Case Study

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Contributing factors to mental health One of the many contributing factors to mental health is the genetic or biochemistry model. The genetic model suggests the state of a person’s mental health is genetic material inherited from parents through the passing of their genes, including mental health illnesses. Cumulativevidence points towards some type of genetic influence in the transmission of this disorder (Pogue-Geile & Gottesman, 2007). In the film “A Beautiful Mind”, schizophrenia was a mental illness greatly shown and explained. Schizophrenia has a higher risk of occurring to people who have a first-degree relative with the disorder, such as parents or siblings, and even more with an identical twin diagnosed with schizophrenia. (Cannon …show more content…

Social model suggests that social forces, the ways in which societies are organised are important is determining the state of one’s mental health well-being. The disorder is expressed fully when vulnerable individuals undergo an environmental event that includes anything from nutritional variables to stressful life events (Howes et al., 2004). Social class may play a role and studies have evidence supporting an inverse relationship between social class and schizophrenia being substantial (Boydell & Murray, 2003). Social structure that imposes restrictions on behaviors and suggests that people should not be held responsible for their behavior because they are vctims of “society”.. Basically this means that a person’s social lifestyle has an effect on their mental health. An example for John Nash is when he grew up isolating himself from potential friends because of arrogance, and this may have induced a trait of unhealthy social vulnerabilities leading to a negative impact of brain and social …show more content…

John Nash in the film “A Beautiful Mind” shows exactly how a variety of different factors contribute to him having schizophrenia. For example, the environment which contributed to it may have been stressful in his university as he was competitive and working towards an award difficult to achieve. Then, he faced social anxiety as his friends teased him, saying he is not a normal person. After as he got married, the stress of a married life and a young child may have added to his stress. After having a relapse, his social isolation increased, and the symptoms for a schizophrenic patient got stronger as well, and he faced personal identity crisis and it affected his family and friends. As he took in medication, his ability to work and function cognitively decreased and it became difficult for him to adapt to this new lifestyle. This shows that mental health illness such as schizophrenia can be affected based on multiple different factors, and is a long term disease that is difficult to overcome and requires intensive treatment and support from

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