This secret experiment tricked psychiatrists into diagnosing sane people as having schizophrenia
This secret experiment tricked psychiatrists into diagnosing sane people as having schizophrenia
- Still, Rosenhan's conclusions were stark: People feigning mental illness all gained admission to psychiatric units and, after they stopped faking symptoms, remained there for lengthy periods. He famously wrote, “It is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals.
- Still, Rosenhan's conclusions were stark: People feigning mental illness all gained admission to psychiatric units and, after they stopped faking symptoms, remained there for lengthy periods. He famously wrote, “It is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals.