Episode
How The Rosenhan Experiment Worked
1:01:55
Published: Thu Sep 29 2022
Description
In 1973 a study was published in Science where psychologist David Rosenhan revealed he had duped hundreds of psychiatric workers by planting perfectly sane pseudopatients within their hospitals and every last one went unnoticed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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EpisodeHow The Rosenhan Experiment Worked
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The Rosenhan Experiment involved sending pseudo patients into psychiatric facilities with the aim of investigating whether mental health diagnoses made by psychiatrists were reliable.
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The Rosenhan Experiment revealed how labeling individuals with a mental illness can lead to misguided diagnosis and mistreatment, calling into question the reliability of psychiatric assessments.
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EpisodeHow The Rosenhan Experiment Worked
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