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How The Rosenhan Experiment Worked

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The Story of One Fleur With Cuckoo's Nest

One Fleur with Cuckoo's Nest was written by Ken Kesey, who figures big time into the electric Kool-Aid acid test. He witnessed this stuff and ended up writing a book that helped open society's eyes to the ills of institutionalizing the mentally ill. "I'm going to gather together people who are what I would call perfectly sane," he says in one scene.

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