Diagnosis of the main character of a beautiful mind

1. A BEAUTIFUL MIND

2. DEMOGRAPHICS
• John Nash
• Middle aged man
• Brown hair
• Light blue eyes
• Tall and of average weight
• Good hygiene
• Formally dressed

3. DEMOGRAPHICS
• Has a hard time keeping eye
contact
• Has poor expressing/
understanding of social cues
• Awkward gait with a limp
• Speech can be formal, but at
other times very disorganized

4. PATIENT HISTORY
• Is very detail oriented and has a
high interest in mathematics
• Has no social life
• Develops a theory called Nash
Equilibrium
• Married and had a son

5. SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS
• Has three Hallucinations
• Delusions
• He believes he is enlisted to decipher
Soviet codes
• He believed his doctors were Soviet
agents sent to capture him
• Disorganized speech
• Negative symptoms: Poor hygiene (after
worsening of symptoms), flat affect

6. DIAGNOSIS
295.90 (F20.9) Schizophrenia, Multiple
episodes, Currently (at the end of the
movie) in partial remission.

7. MOVIE CLIPS
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRvMhPpIQpA
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvF4-C1EuJU
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-LF5S17h4

8. TREATMENT
• No medication
• Family therapy
• Biweekly individual therapy-
CBT.
• Vocational training
• Establishing an emergency plan
in case of relapse

9. HISTORY OF PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS
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10. REFERENCES
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