Stuff To Blow Your Mind
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Sanity/Insanity: The Rosenhan Experiment
42 minutes Posted Nov 3, 2015 at 11:02 am.
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How do we know precisely what constitutes "normality" or mental illness? And if there is a difference, can anybody detect it? Even professionals? In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the groundbreaking 1973 study that saw eight otherwise-healthy "pseudopatients" admitted to 12 different psychiatric facilities and diagnosed with mental illness.

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