David Rosenhan's

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What was David Rosenhan's study?

-- Maia Dawn (maiababygirl11@yahoo.com), December 12, 2002

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His study was published as 'On being sane in insane places'. Basically, he and a number of other volunteers went to a mental institution, and got admitted on vague complaints. His description of the inside of asylums spawned a long discussion (also about the method Rosenhan used), and may have led to reforms in diagnostic standards. I like to think that this study did to the scientific community what _One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest_ did to public perception of mental institutions.

-- Casper Hulshof (c.d.hulshof@utwente.nl), December 13, 2002.

For a good summary of his study and other related links go to www.holah.co.uk

-- mark holah (markholah@hotmail.com), April 04, 2004.

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