On June 13, 1928, the adventure of John Nash's life had begun. Nash excelled academically from a young age, he was able to skip a grade and was accepted into Princeton University shortly after. He was considered one of the best mathematicians of his time. Over time, Nash developed schizophrenia; speaking about himself in the third person, writing cryptic formulas on Princeton blackboards and calling his former colleagues. Then he was prescribed antipsychotics and slowly recovered, until he became afraid of the possible side effects and stopped taking his medication. With all the pain he endured, there was a light at the end of the tunnel and, for unknown causes, he began to recover and in 1994, John Nash received one of the highest honors, the Prize Noble in Economics ("People and Events: John Nash (1928-)", par. 1-3-5-8-9-10-11-12. The article "History of Schizophrenia" states: "Written records identifying schizophrenia dates back to ancient Pharaonic Egypt, as early as the second millennium BC” (para. 2). Details of schizophrenia can be found before the birth of Christ, with written documentation describing the symptoms of this illness. found in the Books of the Heart At that time, schizophrenia was believed to arise from blood vessels, feces, poison, or demons (“History of Schizophrenia” par.2). severe brain disorders in which people interpret reality abnormally” (“Schizophrenia” par.1). When a person has schizophrenia, what they believe to be reality may not be the case. In other words, schizophrenia causes the person to believe that they are talking to people who are not there, to imagine that they are in a place where they are not, or to see things that are not there. 'may not even exist... middle of paper... Schizophrenia." Info Emergence health network. and Web. December 10, 2013 "People and events: John Nash (1928-). " PBS. Public service of broadcasting, 2013. Web. November 15, 2013. “Schizophrenia.” Mayo Clinic. November 17, 2013. Schizophrenia. New York Times Society, 2013. Web. “Schizophrenia: A Global Public Health Problem.” December 1, 2013. “Schizophrenia Diagnosis.” WebMD, LLC, 2013. December 4, 2013. “Schizophrenia Prognosis.” December 10, 2013. “Symptoms of schizophrenia.” Nmda in schizophrenia. Genentech USA, Inc., 2013. Web. November 31, 2013. “Understanding psychotherapy and how it works. » Ap. American Psychological Association, 2013.