Rosenhan: On Being Sane in Insane Places

The video discusses Nellie Bly's 1887 investigation into asylum conditions and David Rosenhan's 1970s experiment on psychiatric diagnosis. Bly pretended to be insane to expose poor asylum conditions, while Rosenhan and his colleagues faked symptoms to test the reliability of schizophrenia diagnoses. The experiment revealed that normal behavior was often misinterpreted as abnormal in psychiatric settings, highlighting issues in psychiatric diagnosis and treatment. Rosenhan's study showed the challenges faced by those with psychological issues in mental hospitals.

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