A beautiful mind.

Full Abstract

It is often difficult to discern the line between creativity and madness. This presents a particular hazard for the analyst, whose failure to recognize real potential can result in undermining the individual's developmental strivings. This dilemma is explored through a case illustration of a woman whose creativity was undermined by a lack of recognition. To vivify the dilemma, the author invites the reader to look through her eyes into the lens offered by the film A Beautiful Mind, which portrays the struggles of Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash to maintain his sanity while also testing the limits of his mind and imagination. These illustrations encourage us to consider the dilemma of the gifted individual when excessive tension arises between absorption in one's medium versus needs for recognition.

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Author information

Author/s: Charles, Marilyn (M);

Affiliation: Michigan Psychoanalytic Council, USA. mcharles@msu.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: American journal of psychoanalysis (Am J Psychoanal), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Mar; vol 63 (issue 1) : pp 21-37

Dates: Created 2003/03/26; Completed 2003/07/03; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12656198, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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