Rosenhan (1973)

Aims:

• To see if eight sane people who gained admission into 12 hospitals would be 'found out' as sane
• To find out how it feels to be viewed as 'insane'

Procedure:

• Eight pseudo patients (3 women and 5 men) including Rosenhan himself
• Very different hospitals were used from different states, some old/new, some private/some not
• Called for appointment to hospitals , said they were hearing voices
• 7 admitted with a diagnosis of schizophrenia in remission
• Once admitted they stopped simulating symtpoms of abnormality
• They didn't take any medication given to them

Results:

• They were never detected as…