The Rosenhan experiment

[Canuckster]

Thanks to henry makow for the info, a truly fascinating story.

Henrymakow.com
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment



The Rosenhan experiment was a famous experiment done in order to determine the validity of psychiatric diagnosis, conducted by psychologist David Rosenhan (November 22, 1929 – February 6, 2012), a Stanford University professor, and published by the journal Science in 1973 under the title "On being sane in insane places".[1][2] The study is considered an important and influential criticism of psychiatric diagnosis.[3] It was while listening to one of R. D. Laing's lectures that Rosenhan wondered if there was a way in which the reliability of psychiatric diagnoses could be tested experimentally.[4]

Rosenhan's study was done in two parts. The first part involved the use of healthy associates or "pseudopatients" (three women and five men, including Rosenhan himself) who briefly feigned auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain admission to 12 different psychiatric hospitals in five different States in various locations in the United States. All were admitted and diagnosed with psychiatric disorders. After admission, the pseudopatients acted normally and told staff that they felt fine and had no longer experienced any additional hallucinations. All were forced to admit to having a mental illness and agree to take antipsychotic drugs as a condition of their release. The average time that the patients spent in the hospital was 19 days. All but one were diagnosed with schizophrenia "in remission" before their release. The second part of his study involved an offended hospital administration challenging Rosenhan to send pseudopatients to its facility, whom its staff would then detect. Rosenhan agreed and in the following weeks out of 193 new patients the staff identified 41 as potential pseudopatients, with 19 of these receiving suspicion from at least 1 psychiatrist and 1 other staff member. In fact, Rosenhan had sent no one to the hospital.

The study concluded "it is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals" and also illustrated the dangers of dehumanization and labeling in psychiatric institutions. It suggested that the use of community mental health facilities which concentrated on specific problems and behaviors rather than psychiatric labels might be a solution and recommended education to make psychiatric workers more aware of the social psychology of their facilities.

[Vutulaki-san]

You're a fucking Moron but we need people like you.

[Canuckster]

Yeah, somebody's gotta catch the fish around here.

[Canuckster]

Psychiatry about as useful as that abo voodoo magic of yours.

[Som-Pong]

Vutu ain't got the voodoo, this disciple of Bureus has. If I wasn't too busy having fun I might make you shit your pants.

[Canuckster]

I don't need your help to shit my pants.

[Som-Pong]

Gay Cuck?

[Canuckster]

Is that possible?

[Winnson]

Psychiatrists are called shrinks for a good reason. The whole fucking field is a fucking scam.

Oh, but they're legitimate medical doctors!

They are the worst form of snake oil salesmen, but far worse than that.

Remember labotomies?

Now they exist to push pills on younger and younger kids and get them hooked earlier, because really, that's the most effective market to penetrate.

It's just business I guess.

[Winnson]

The Marketing of Madness