David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psychiatry for decades

Re:David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psyc... by 77pt77 on Monday January 27, 2020 @12:32AM (#22157056)

> Interestingly, the article makes no mention of the followup experiment where it seems a hospital invited a repetition and then claimed to have found 40 or so fake patients during the agreed period.

The reason is simple. This article is pure propaganda along the lines of the book "The great pretender" by Susannah Cahalan.

The experiment might have flaws, but this second part is conclusive and no critics ever address it.

This is just another brick on the long propaganda road to a destination that is very worrisome.

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Re:David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psyc... by warbaker on Monday January 27, 2020 @01:24PM (#22162230)

My default position on the follow-up is likewise skepticism. It seems like the filters at the time were so low that it is likely the follow-up is just a better constructed lie.

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Re:David Rosenhan’s fraudulent Thud experiment set back psyc... by 77pt77 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @12:39AM (#22166747)

What about the argument, used at the time, that in order for someone to participate in an experiment like that they had to be mentally ill?

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