Drama in the Psychology Community: The Rosenhan Experiment
Channel: The Rewired Soul
Date: 2020-01-26

Today we're looking at how the famous Rosenhan Experiment stirred up some drama, debate, and criticism in the psychology community. Susannah Cahalan was misdiagnosed as schizophrenic, so she wanted to research this famous psychological study. By examining this story, we can find better treatment for our own mental health and also take a look at our own mental illness diagnosis.

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Resources: 
https://www.spectator.co.uk/2020/01/how-david-rosenhans-fraudulent-thud-experiment-set-back-psychiatry-for-decades/
https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/2015_Treatment_Episode_Data_Set_National/2015_Treatment_Episode_Data_Set_National.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr67/nvsr67_09-508.pdf


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