John Forbes Nash, Jr. - 1739 Words

Introduction: John Forbes Nash, Jr. is a famous mathematician who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. In 1959, while he was teaching at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he displayed some symptoms of Paranoid Schizophrenia. He suffered from hallucinations and delusions. Once he said that he has encrypted messages from outer space. People thought it was a joke, but they didn t know that he was suffering from Schizophrenia. After his illness, he resigned from MIT and went to Europe. When he came back, he mostly hanged around Princeton campus and wrote about himself in a third person and wrote nonsensical cards to his friends. When his wife knew about his symptoms, she took him to a hospital. He went through†¦show more content†¦Schizophrenic patients are typically unable to filter sensory stimuli and may have enhanced perceptions of sounds, colors, and other features of their environment (cited in Gulli and R. Rosick, 2014). If there is no intervention, schizo phrenia could lead to withdraw from people. Types: Schizophrenia has four main different types: paranoid subtype, disorganized subtype, catatonic subtype, and undifferentiated subtype. Paranoid subtype is the most common type schizophrenia. It consists of auditory hallucinations and/or prominent delusions about prosecution or conspiracy. Patients with paranoid subtype may live normal with successful management and treatment. Disorganized subtype consists of disorganized thought process. Patients with this subtype may have a difficult time with maintaining daily activities and emotional processes. Also, their communication abilities may be impaired (Bengston, 2009). Catatonic subtype is marked by incoherence, grossly disorganized behavior, bizarre thinking, and flat or grossly inappropriate emotions. Undifferentiated subtype lacks the specific features of paranoid subtype, disorganized subtype, and catatonic subtype (Dennis Coon, John O. Mitterer, 2014). Causes: Currently, the causes of Schizophrenia are unknown. Research has tried to identify the causes, but no specific cause has been found. Research has revealed that some factors cause Schizophrenia. One of the factors is genetics and environment. Scientists say that