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PBS has produced a documentary about John Nash that will begin airing this
Sunday, April 28. The companion website can be found at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/nash/index.html
Margie Carroll
Marjorie Carroll, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
United States Military Academy
Department of
I saw the recent show on 20/20 (?) or a similar program on John Nash and paid
little attention to most of what was said because I was most struck by the fact
that his son has schizophrenia and seemed to be far less functional than John
Nash, himself, who seemed to be making apologies for the
At 8:56 AM -0700 4/24/02, Harry Avis wrote:
>>The following article has been circulating on various listserves. Does
>>anyone here on TIPS have any idea about the validity of the claims made in
>>this article?
>
>
>While it may be true that John Nash has been able
>The following article has been circulating on various listserves. Does
>anyone here on TIPS have any idea about the validity of the claims made in
>this article?
While it may be true that John Nash has been able to stay off of psychiatric
meds, it by no means implies that eve
://www.MindFreedom.org -
JOHN NASH -- THE REAL LIFE HERO IN THE OSCAR-WINNING FILM A BEAUTIFUL MIND -- SPOKE
TO AN AUDIENCE ON THURSDAY NIGHT:
JOHN NASH CONFIRMS HE HAS BEEN OFF *ALL* PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS SINCE 1970!
THE PSYCHIATRIC ESTABLISHMENT AUDIENCE RESPONDS WITH LOUD GASPS OF SURPRISE, BUT A
Stephen Black wrote:
> That doesn't say anything
> about the relative percentages of auditory and visual
> hallucinations, and PubMed surprisingly didn't turn anything up.
>
> Anyone have data?
According to a discussion by Heilbrun (1993):
"Slade and Bentall (1988) offer a useful review of the
Another gripe I had was that the film gave the viewer the idea that, at
times, having schizophrenia might be a little like getting some swell new
friends. Two of Nash's "delusions" (the little girl and the friend) were
nice to him, encouraged him to eat when he'd overlooked meals, etc.
This flie
I've now seen the film "A beautiful mind" of the life of the
Nobel prize-winner John Nash and his battle with schizophrenia.
I've been having an interesting debate with a social worker
friend concerning the visual hallucinations depicted in the film.
First, it seems c
