The Rosenhan experiment was a famous experiment into the validity of psychiatric diagnosis conducted by psychologist David Rosenhan in 1973. It was published in the journal Science under the title “On being sane in insane places.” The study is considered an important and influential criticism of psychiatric diagnosis. (via pbmaxwell)
if you have time, read the actual article, really.
Apparently, the staff could not detect the fake patients of the experiment, but the actual patients sometimes did.
