I tagged along with Ry and Paula last night to A Beautiful Mind. After leaving the theater, I felt as if I truly understood schizophrenia. Really, I know that I will never understand it without having it (if? when? onset can happen, I learned, at any age and is likely in your 20s), but the film did an excellent job of teaching me what it’s like to be living with the disease and what it’s like for loved ones. (I felt the same way after reading Drinking: A Love Story, a memoir written by an alcoholic.) Anyway, a few links P and I gathered this morning that I’ll park here … hoping I’ll get back to read them soon:

The DSM’s definition of Schizophrenia

John Nash’s autobiography at the Nobel web site

“Lost in reality: The film version of John Nash GS ’50’s life is a far cry from the one he has lived” in the Daily Princetonian.

Lights, Camera … Inaction! for Princeton staff

ABM photo gallery from Princeton

Posted on January 18th, 2002 by Lynsey in lynsey.org