A beautiful mind

[Kayla55]

A Beautiful Mind

A Beautiful Mind is Sylvia Nasar's award-winning biography about the mystery of the human mind, the triumph over incredible adversity, and the healing power of love.At the age of thirty-one, John Nash, mathematical genius, suffered a devastating breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia...

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Can anyone comment on what illness is in this book/movie and if it's related to asd

 

[Neonatal RRT]

John Forbes Nash, by all accounts, had schizophrenia, certainly was a mathematical savant, and speculating here, likely an ASD variant, as well.

 

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John Forbes Nash Jr. - Wikipedia

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John Forbes Nash Jr. mental health

The first known symptoms of schizophrenia in John Nash was paranoia and erratic behaviour. According to his wife Alicia Nash, he developed the idea that all men who wore red ties were included in a communist conspiracy against him.

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John Nash - Living With Schizophrenia

John Nash was one of the greatest thinkers in mathematics of the 20th Century. And, thanks to his biography: A Beautiful Mind, and the award-winning film of the same name he was also one of the best-known people with schizophrenia of the same period. John Forbes Nash Junior was born in the city...

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Did the Nobel Prize Winner John Nash have Asperger’s syndrome and Schizophrenia

Did the Nobel Prize Winner John Nash have Asperger’s syndrome and Schizophrenia

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[Ronald Zeeman]

I had to watch this movie alone when it came out, very closely resembled my older brother, now passed away he was an Aspie with a mental illness, along with being a genius. Very unusual combination. I really wanted my parents to watch it but they did not go to theaters. I wanted my parents to watch but they did not go to theatres.

 

[Metalhead]

This movie is not a realistic depiction of schizophrenia. It should not have won Best Picture. It was feel-fuzzy Oscar bait that disregarded how hard Nash really had it.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

My brother had a mental disorder of some sort not sure of the label my father's cousin was the child physiatrist who diagnosed him. I'm not sure what the diagnosis was. I found the movie very cathartic even if some artistic license was used.