| Abstract: | ![]()
Rosenhan (1973) reported his data on eight pseudopatients who deliberately feigned auditory hallucinations and subsequently gained admission to 12 psychiatric institutions. From this data he concluded that "sanity" and "insanity" were indistinguishable in the context of a psychiatric hospital. The case study presented here is significant because it fails to conform to the experience of Rosenhan. A pseudopatient was presented for interview at a weekly diagnostic conference in an inpatient setting. He was felt to be "normal" by the interviewer, residents, and other staff at the conference. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
