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Running head: A LOOK INTO THE MOVIE A BEAUTIFUL MIND, DISCOVERING THE MOVIES ACCURACT PORTRAL OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.

A Beautiful Mind 2 Abstract For years researchers have done their best to determine what causes Schizophrenia and what they do to help physicians treat this disease. In the movie A Beautiful Mind John Nash shows many similarities to someone who has Schizophrenia. In A Beautiful Mind, it gives you a sense of knowing a little more of how sad and debilitating Schizophrenia can be. Although it is just a movie this disease is very real.

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A Look into A Beautiful Mind
The movie A Beautiful Mind exhibits many characteristics of someone who is
Schizophrenic and in my opinion doesn’t contradict itself by showing a lot of non
“typical” schizophrenic traits. In the beginning of the movie John Nash seems to be an average yet out of sorts man who is trying to find his place in this world. He is anti-
Social, but makes several attempts at normal human interaction.
Schizophrenia is divided into positive and negative symptoms. Positive
Symptoms are those that distort normal everyday functions (Oct 25, 2008 https://www.Schizophrenia.com). For example someone with schizophrenia having positive symptoms would experience hallucinations, racing thoughts and delusions. In the beginning of the movie this is similar to John Nash’s symptoms. John saw rays of light and colors brighter than others, and certain letters and numbers would jump out to him ultimately resulting in him thinking he was a code breaker for the government. Someone experiencing negative symptoms would be someone who doesn’t feel or show emotion (Oct 25, 2008 https://www.Schizophrenia.com). This is what John Nash was going through towards the end of the movie. He was sitting in a chair Holding his son and showed no emotion when his son was