In "Into the cuckoo's nest", The Guardian provides an interesting essay by a psychologist who decided to recreate David Rosenhan's notorious experiment, of faking an auditory hallucination to get admitted to a psychiatric institution and then acting completely normal, to see how long it takes for the normalcy to be recognized. In this era of psychopharmaceuticals, her experience is quite different.
- Part One - Background on David Rosenhan's experiment, and the author's motivation;
- Part Two - The results of the new experiment.
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