On Being Sane in Insane Places Is the root of how you see someone in the situation, where you first meet them? If so when you meet someone in a wheel chair at a hospital, do you may assume that they have an issue with their legs? If a child takes a test and you are given the results stating he is a geniuses, do you treat him different within the confines of the class room? David Rosenhan set out to see if psychiatrists at the psychiatric hospitals had this problem. If someone is in an institute, does that make them insane? We are subject to predetermined prognosis due to the subjectivity of the situation in which we find people.
In the textbook you will find that Rosenhan employed the help of eight friends and colleagues to investigate the …show more content…
Her experiment was many years after the original experiment was done. She had a special interest in the experiment due to her own history of mental illness and her experience with the mental institutions. She had seen with her own eyes what was really behind the white walls. Her stay in the institution put her in a place of understanding and support for what Rosenhan had done. Lauren’s experiences with the mental health department, helped her decision to do her own experiments. Her experiment was similar to Rosenhan’s experiment. When she tried to replicate Rosenhan’s experiment, she was met with a very different result then Rosenhan. Rosenhan had felt dehumanized and shamed while being admitted. Lauren was met with very different situation and was met with sympathetic and caring professionals. Unlike the first experiment Lauren was not admitted but was in fact given very mild antipsychotics, antidepressants and sent on her way. Over the course of her experiment she was given twenty-five antipsychotics and sixty antidepressants (page 88) but was never admitted to a
In the textbook you will find that Rosenhan employed the help of eight friends and colleagues to investigate the …show more content…
Her experiment was many years after the original experiment was done. She had a special interest in the experiment due to her own history of mental illness and her experience with the mental institutions. She had seen with her own eyes what was really behind the white walls. Her stay in the institution put her in a place of understanding and support for what Rosenhan had done. Lauren’s experiences with the mental health department, helped her decision to do her own experiments. Her experiment was similar to Rosenhan’s experiment. When she tried to replicate Rosenhan’s experiment, she was met with a very different result then Rosenhan. Rosenhan had felt dehumanized and shamed while being admitted. Lauren was met with very different situation and was met with sympathetic and caring professionals. Unlike the first experiment Lauren was not admitted but was in fact given very mild antipsychotics, antidepressants and sent on her way. Over the course of her experiment she was given twenty-five antipsychotics and sixty antidepressants (page 88) but was never admitted to a