ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR
INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
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staff knew the volunteers were faking it
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staff failed to detect the fake patients
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the real patients recognized the volunteers as normal
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the label of schizophrenic caused a change in the staffs perception of the volunteers perfectly normal behavior
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Detailed explanation-1: -The study suggests that once the patients were labelled, the label stuck. Everything they did or said was interpreted as typical of a schizophrenic (or manic depressive) patient. This means that the situation that the pseudopatients were in had a powerful impact on the way that they were judged.
Detailed explanation-2: -The study concluded “it is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals” and also illustrated the dangers of dehumanization and labeling in psychiatric institutions.
Detailed explanation-3: -Rosenhan concluded that we cannot reliably distinguish the sane from the insane, and that hospitalisation and labelling can lead to depersonalisation, powerlessness and segregation which are counter-therapeutic.
Detailed explanation-4: -Still, Rosenhan’s conclusions were stark: People feigning mental illness all gained admission to psychiatric units and, after they stopped faking symptoms, remained there for lengthy periods. He famously wrote, “It is clear that we cannot distinguish the sane from the insane in psychiatric hospitals."