
The Rosenhan Experiment (Psychology, Psychiatry, Sanity, Insanity, Schizophrenia, Fraud)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Introduction
In 1973, American psychologist David L. Rosenhand published a famous study called on being sane in insane places. Even today, nearly 50 years later, it's one of the most famous psychological studies ever published. What was the Rosenhand experiment? Why was it important? And what does it reveal about the human mind? That's what we'll be talking about on this episode of Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World.
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The Rosenhan Experiment rocked the psychology profession 50 years ago. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss the study's look into how mental health patients were treated, why the study was so important, and what it revealed about the human mind.
