Psychology

Summary This paper focuses on how schizophrenia as a mental disorder is more disruptive to a persons daily life as compared to other mental disorders. The paper defines the symptoms associated with schizophrenia namely the positive, negative and cognitive and compares it with problems associated with anxiety and mood disorders. The paper also shows the portrayal of schizophrenia in popular media by using the movie A beautiful mind. Through the description of the movie and the series of unfortunate events that happen to Nash as a result the reader is able to realize that through Nashs experiences that schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness that has the potential to ruin a persons life and destroy what made them who they are. Finally the paper concludes with an overall comparison of the different mental disorders and described and shows that while the other disorders do affect the lives of those who are afflicted by them the disorders themselves dont stop them from being able to live a normal life. It shows that other mental disorders are more of an annoyance or maybe a just a small hindrance compared to schizophrenia which can change a persons life for the worst.