A Beautiful Mind Is Centered On The Character Named John...

A Beautiful Mind is centered on the character named John Forbes Nash. Nash was a bright and intelligent mathematician. He started his career at Princeton University. Nash was a math graduate, who was widely recognized by others for his smartness. John was socially awkward and spent a lot of his time trying to come up with an innovative math equation. The importance of Nash’s work he did four decades earlier received recognition and in 1994 he received a Nobel Peace Prize. Going mid-ways in the movie, you start to see that a lot of the situations and things John portrays, are only created illusions of his mind. From there, you start to see how John fits the signs and symptoms of having schizophrenia. The DSM-5 Criteria for Schizophrenia are as follows: A) Two( or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a one month period (or less if successfully treated) At least one of these must be 1, 2, or 3: 1) Delusions 2) Hallucinations 3) Disorganized speech (i.e. frequent derailment or incoherence) 4) Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior 5) Negative symptoms (i.e. diminished emotional expression or avolition) B) Significant portion of the time since the onset of the disturbance, level of functioning in one or more major areas, such as work, interpersonal relations, or self-care is markedly below the level achieved prior to the onset (or when the onset is in childhood or adolescence, there is failure to achieve expected level of