Question

john nash often heard voices tell him to do things and believed that he was being followed by the cia. he suffered from:

a. fugue.

b. schizophrenia.

c. dissociative identity disorder.

d. bipolar disorder.

Explanation:

John Nash's symptoms (hearing voices, paranoid beliefs like being followed by the CIA) align with schizophrenia, which involves hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized thinking. Fugue (A) involves amnesia and travel, dissociative identity disorder (C) involves multiple identities, and bipolar disorder (D) involves mood swings—none match his symptoms as closely as schizophrenia.

Answer:

B. schizophrenia.