The film, for the most part, accurately showed the devastating effects that schizophrenia can cause in a persons' life; the terror of living through experiences that seem so real, and the agony that both

When Nash's condition worsened he was placed in a mental institution and treated with insulin coma therapy in which patients were given insulin to induce a comatose state. The results of the therapy, as shown in the movie are horrific. Insulin coma therapy has since been discredited and is no longer used, due to its severe side effects. Also, with the introduction of anti-psychotics, which were safer and more effective, there was no longer the need to put patients through the torture of insulin therapy. Anti-psychotic medications and institutionalization are still widely used today. With the advancements in these areas many people with schizophrenia can live their lives rather successfully.

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