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A Beautiful Mind
Recovery isn't always the voices disappearing. Sometimes it's learning which ones not to follow. 🧠
Who it's for
Counselors cite it for schizophrenia and the family-systems perspective (Counseling Today).
Confused→Hopeful
Feelings it meets
What it is
Directed by Ron Howard from Akiva Goldsman's screenplay, based on Sylvia Nasar's 1998 biography. The film follows mathematician John Nash (Russell Crowe) from his arrival at Princeton through his work on game theory, a period at MIT, and involvement in what he believes is a classified Pentagon assignment, until he is diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming rotates, so check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Self-injury and psychosis.
Age: PG-13 (Common Sense: 13+)
I felt a funeral in my brain, And mourners, to and fro, Kept treading, treading, till it seemed That sense was breaking through.Emily Dickinson, Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series
