Experiment David Rosenhana

Professor of psychology and law at Stanford University David Rosenhan (David Rosenhan) conducted an interesting experiment.
He took eight perfectly normal in all respects a man: three psychologists, psychiatrist, pediatrician, an artist, a housewife and a graduate student.
They all turned to the psychiatric clinic, as people who are "worried about his mental health." All told about themselves and their state the truth, except for one detail - they allegedly heard voices saying "empty", "dull", "knock". Doctors found them all insane. All of them were sent to the hospital.
Immediately after hospitalization doctors they said that they feel great and no longer hear the voices. They were treated for 7 to 52 days and behaved like normal people.
Results:
According to the results of treatment seven were diagnosed with "schizophrenia", one - "manic-depressive psychosis».
After being discharged from the clinic their condition was described by doctors as "improved", "in remission", but no doctor was of the opinion that they have recovered
None of the doctors did not think that they are perfectly healthy. Their "split" patients - they decided that they face reporters or inspectors hospitals.
... After the publication of the results of the experiment, all psychiatric clinics put them into question, arguing that such blunders are not possible. Professor Rosenhan suggested to repeat the experiment, saying it would send to them for some amount of imaginary patients.
Rosenhan experiment has formed the view that recognizing and addressing the social and psychological problems identified by this experiment and peculiar psychiatric institutions can contribute to the training of their employees and the creation of community mental health services, for which work with mental and behavioral disorders would be a priority task to expose psychiatric diagnosis .
Clinics very carefully diagnosed following 193 patients and 41 of them are diagnosed with "psevdobolnoy».
In fact, the professor is not sent to the clinic a single person & quot ;.