insulin treatment was the treatment in a beautiful mind.
insulin treatment was the treatment in a beautiful mind.
what was the treatment in a beautiful mind?
insulin treatment
like many new medical treatments for diseases previously considered incurable, depictions of insulin shock therapy in the media were initially favorable. in the 1940 film "dr. kildare's strange case", young kildare uses the new "insulin shock cure for schizophrenia" to bring a man back from insanity to prove that the surgeon who removed a brain tumor from the patient was not at fault for the patient's condition. the film dramatically shows a five-hour treatment that ends with a patient eating jelly sandwiches and reconnecting with his wife. other films of the era began to show a more sinister approach, beginning with the 1946 film "shock", in which actor vincent price plays a doctor who plots to murder a patient using an overdose of insulin in order to keep the fact that he was a murderer a secret. more recent films include "frances" (1982) in which actress frances farmer undergoes insulin shock treatment, and "a beautiful mind", which depicted genius john nash undergoing insulin treatment. in an episode of the medical drama "house m.d.", house puts himself in an insulin shock to try to make his hallucinations disappear. sylvia plath's "the bell jar" refers to insulin shock therapy in chapter 15.
insulin shock therapy
the book inspired the film "a beautiful mind", directed by ron howard and starring russell crowe and jennifer connelly. it won numerous awards, including the academy award for best picture and best adapted screenplay for 2001 at the 74th academy awards.









































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bullet::::- presentation on "a beautiful mind" by sylvia nasar for the harvard coop, june 24, 1999









































bullet::::- presentation on "a beautiful mind" by sylvia nasar for the national alliance for research on schizophrenia and depression, february 7, 2002
a beautiful mind (book)