Topic 1 - Rosenhan - On being sane in insane place

Question 1

What was the aim?

Answer 1

To see if mental hospitals in the USA in the early 1970s could tell the scene from the insane

Question 2

How many people were the pseudo patients?

Answer 2

8

Question 3

How many hospitals were used?

Answer 3

12

Question 4

What symptoms did they say they had?

Answer 4

they heard an unfamiliar voice of the same sex saying ‘empty’, ‘hollow’ and ‘thud’

Question 5

What happened once they were admitted?

Answer 5

They stopped simulating any symptoms and took part in regular ward activities, all the time writing notes about ward staff and patients

Question 6

What were they diagnosed with?

Answer 6

Schizophenia

Question 7

How many days did they remain is hospital?

Answer 7

For 7 to 52 days (average 19 days)

Question 8

What happened when they were discharged?

Answer 8

It was with a diagnosis of schizophrenia ‘in remission’

Question 9

How many of the patients voiced their suspicions?

Answer 9

35 out of the 118 patients (“You’re not crazy, “You’re a journalist or a professor”, “You’re checking up on the hospital”

Question 10

Who could see the patient’s records?

Answer 10

Anyone

Question 11

What was also seen in the hospitals?

Answer 11

Saw some of the ward orderlies being brutal to patients in full view of other patients but then stopping as soon as another member of staff approached

Question 12

How much of their shift did the attendants spend outside of the cage (their ward office)?

Answer 12

11.3%

Question 13

What was the total time spent with psychologists, psychiatrists etc on average?

Answer 13

6.8 minutes per day

Question 14

What did the pseudopatients say to the staff in four of the hospitals?

Answer 14

“Pardon me, Mr/Mrs/Dr X, could you tell me when I will be presented at the stand meeting?”

Question 15

What was recorded after the question was asked to the member of staff?

Answer 15

They recorded how staff responded to the request (ie. if they moved on with head averted, made eye contact, paused and chatted or stopped and talked)

Question 16

What type of hospital was used in the second study?

Answer 16

A teaching and research hospital

Question 17

What was the second study’s hospital told?

Answer 17

That during the next three months one or more pseudo patients would attempt to be admitted into the hospital

Question 18

What were each member of staff was asked in the second study?

Answer 18

Asked to rate on a 10-point scale each new patient as to the likelihood of their being a pseudo patient

Question 19

What were mental hospitals in the USA in the early 1970s were not very good at?

Answer 19

Making valid diagnosis or making reliable diagnosis

Question 20

What did mental hospitals in the USA in the early 1970s tended to view all behaviour as?

Answer 20

Reflecting the diagnosis a patient had been given

Question 21

How were the patients in mental hospitals in the USA in the early 1970s treated?

Answer 21

Often with profound disrespect

Question 22

What was the comparison study done at Stanford University?

Answer 22

A round female app

Question 23

What was the comparison study done at Stanford University?

Answer 23

A young female approaching a member of staff who looked busy and then asked them 6 questions (eg. Pardon me, could you direct me to ___ hall?)

Question 24

What was the comparison study doe at a University Medical Centre?

Answer 24

Young female saying either “I’m looking for a psychiatrist”, or “I’m looking for an internist”