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Rosenhan |
To investigate the reliability of the diagnosis of mental illness. |
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Rosenhan (conclusion) |
Psychiatric diagnosis lacks reliability. Labeling people as insane can change subsequent interpretations of their behaviour. |
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Gottesman et al (aim) |
To compare vulnerability to mental illness of offspring with one or both parents having a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. |
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Gottesman et al (conclusion) |
Having both parents with a serious mental illness - and to lesser extent one parent with a serious mental illness - conveys increased risk of developing mental illness. |
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Szasz (aim) |
To review Szasz's own work on beliefs about mental illness, as psychiatry becomes increasingly politicised and medicalised. |
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Szasz (conclusion) |
Mental illness is little more than a metaphor for the perceived disturbing behaviour behaviour of others, and labelling individuals denies them their autonomy and freedom. |
