A Beautiful Mind - Psychological Disorders

John Nash, the main character in the movie A Beautiful Mind suffers from severe Schizophrenic delusions and it becomes a very big problem not only to himself, but also the people around him. The 4 things that determine a psychological disorder are when behavior is maladaptive, disturbing, unjustafiable, and atypical. The behavior displayed by Nash in the movie is maladaptive because it doesent help him at all, while he is trying to be successful in college, his schizophrenic hallucinations hold him back. His behavior is also disturbing because it ends up hurting both himself and the people around him. John Nash's hallucinations are unjustifiable because they simply cant be explained by anyone until he finally agrees to see a doctor. Finally, the behavior exhibited by Nash is atypical because normal people without schizophrenia are able to funciton normally and not see  the types of hallucinations that Nash was able to see, due to his mental illness. John Nash's schizophrenia fits into all 4 categories that make a psychological disorder.