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TIL John Forbes Nash Jr., the man whose life was depicted in the film ‘A Beautiful Mind’, said the film inaccurately credited newer antipsychotic drugs to his recovery. Director Ron Howard said it was done so not to encourage schizophrenics to stop taking their medications like Nash.

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