Rosenhan
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- Created on: 26-04-14 17:35
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- Rosenhan
- Study 2
- Aim
- See if insane can be diagnosed as sane
- Method
- Rosenhan told hospitals that they would send more pseudopatients to their hospital
- They then asked staff how many pseudopatients they thought they had seen
- They didn't send any
- Findings
- During a 3 month period 193 patients were admitted
- 19 were thought by a psychiatrist and one other member of staff that they were pseudopatients
- 23 were thought by at least one psychiatrist to be a pseudopatient
- 41 were thought by 2 members of staff to be pseudopatients
- Aim
- Study 1
- Aim
- The classification system used by psychiatrists were not reliable
- Method
- Each patient would say that they were hearing voices saying 'empty' 'hollow' and 'thud'.
- Pseudopatients would prove accurate details of their lives, except for name and occupation (if related to psychology)
- When they were admitted they would go back to acting normal, and report they were no longer hearing voices
- Findings
- All pseudopatients were admitted
- Eleven were diagnosed with schizophrenia and one was diagnosed with bipolar disorder
- They were there from 7 to 52 days
- Participants
- 8 pseudopatients (5 males and 3 females) with no history of mental illness
- One male was Rosenhan himself
- 8 pseudopatients (5 males and 3 females) with no history of mental illness
- Aim
- Conclusion
- It is not possible to distinguish the sane from the insane
- Individuals with mental health issues are better served by community programmes, more sensitive workers, an a focus on behaviours
- Study 2
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