Witness History: Archive 2012 - The Rosenhan Experiment

In 1969 an American psychologist called David Rosenhan put psychiatrists to the test.

He and several volunteers had themselves admitted to psychiatric hospitals, although they were perfectly sane.

They then waited for the doctors to notice their normal behaviour.

Published on Tuesday, 5th June 2012.

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