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Study 1
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All but one admitted as schizophrenic
Length of hospitalization varied between 7-52 days with average of 19 days Limited contact between patients and nurses, nurses emerged form offices 11.8% of time Other patients voiced suspicions; 35 out of 118 making statements such as 'you're not crazy' During research PS given 2100 tablets by nurses (did not take) Nurses saw PS writing as a aspect of their pathological behaviour |
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Study 2
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41 real patients judged to be PS by at least one member of staff
23 suspected by at least 1 psychiatrist 19 suspected by one member of staff + one psychiatrist |
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Study 3
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Most common response= brief reply or member of staff continued walking
4% of psychiatrist stopped 0.5% of nurses stopped 2% in each group paused briefly+ chatted |
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Conclusion
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Psychiatrist unable to identify these sane from the insane
This may be due to the fact that doctors more inclined to call a healthy person sick(type 2 error) than a sick person healthy (type 1 error) People who are mentally ill themselves are better at spotting mental illness than psychiatrists Once in an institution any normal behaviour is seen as abnormal even though it is not |