paper-machine comments on Rationality Quotes December 2011 - Less Wrong
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Or, at least, he believes it did.
Are you saying that it actually didn't help Nash manage his scizophrenia or are you just inserting the uncertainty back into that statement?
The latter. I don't think Nash is a reliable narrator.
EDIT: And not merely because of his schizophrenia. Without hard data, I'd be hard-pressed to evaluate whether or not learning a mental habit increased or decreased my sanity, and that's assuming I'm sane to begin with.