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Rosenhan Study

Rosenhan (1973) Classic Study
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Last updated: February 17, 2023
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What is the Clinical Psychology Classic Study?
Rosenhan (1973)
What was the title of his study?
On being sane in insane places
What was the aim?
To see if psychiatrists could differentiate between sane and insane people
How many pseudopatients were there?
8, including Rosenhan. 5 men and 3 women with no mental health problems
How many American states where the admission offices were located did they call?
5 states
What were the voices saying?
'Empty', 'Thud' and 'Hollow'
What were 7 of them diagnosed with?
Schizophrenia in remission
What was the anomole diagnosed with?
Manic depression with psychosis
How did they behave once inside?
Normally
What was the average stay in the hospital?
19 days
What was the shortest stay?
7 days
What was the longest stay?
52 days (Rosenhan)
Who recognised they were faking it?
Other mentally troubled patients
What was the conclusion?
The label given during diagnosis and then acted on within the institutions
What did a follow up test conclude?
That there is unreliability in the diagnosis process
What was the aim of Rosenhan study 2?
To see if the hospitals, who had been told they would have pseudo-patients, would be able to identify the sane from the insane
What time span was given to the teaching and psychiatric hospital that 1 or more pseudo-patients would try to get admitted?
3 months
How many pseudo-patients were admitted?
No pseudo-patients were admitted
What did each member of staff rate on a scale?
How likely that the pseudo-patients would be admitted
How many patients were assessed in the 3 months?
193
How many patients were rated as pseudo-patients by at least two members of staff?
41
How many patients were rated as pseudo-patients by at least one psychiatrist?
23
How many patients were rated as pseudo-patients by a psychiatrist and another member of staff?
19
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What was the conclusion to the study?
The staff were unable to detect insanity
Why did Rosenhan carry out his third study?
To investigate how staff interacted with psychiatric patients, and compare this to non-psychiatric patients
How many hospitals did this study occur in?
4
What did the pseudo-patients say?
Pardon me, Mr/Mrs/Dr X, could you tell me when I will be eligible for ground privileges?
What were the responses compared to?
A student at Stanford University when she asked staff for help, such as how to find an area of campus
How many attempts did the pseudo-patients make to contact psychiatrists?
185
How many attempts did the pseudo-patients make to contact nurses?
1283
How many attempts did the student make to contact faculty?
14
How many psychiatrists responded to the pseudo-patients?
13
How many nurses responded to the pseudo-patients?
47
How many faculty members responded to the student?
14
What % of psychiatrists stopped and talked?
4%
What % of nurses stopped and talked?
0.5%
What % of faculty members stopped and talked?
100%
What did Rosenhan conclude?
Rosenhan concluded that psychiatric patients were treated differently.
What did Rosenhan suggest?
He suggested that patients are powerless and the lack of eye contact depersonalises the patients.
Generalisability?
Good as it looked at old and new hospitals, as well as well-staffed and under-staffed hospitals. However, you can't generalise across other cultures
Reliability?
Questions and symptoms were standardised however it was a field experiment and conversations with hospital staff couldn't be standardised
Internal Validity?
Lack of controls and participant observation may mean that it was difficult to record all behaviours
Ecological Validity?
High ecological validity as tasks have high mundane realism.
Ethics?
High confidentiality. Lack of informed consent, no right to withdraw and deception
Applications?
Criteria for diagnosis increases and highlighted the danger of labelling
Issues and Debates
Medication can lead to social control, Socially sensitive research as hospital staff were undermined, DSM and ICD are constantly updated showing change over time
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