TIL that in 1973, a psychiatrist named David Rosenhan sent eight people with no history of mental illness to mental hospitals. The staff couldn't tell they were sane. It took some 2 months to get out.

http://ilearn.totton.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/36993/mod_page/content/3/Rosenhan%20paper.pdf



Submitted March 16, 2015 at 01:45AM by scarlethester http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2z5mtx/til_that_in_1973_a_psychiatrist_named_david/