to see if hospitals after being told they'll be approached by pseudopatients would be able to detectsane from insane
procedure of rosenhan?
psychiatrichospital aware of findings from study 1 was informed over next 3months one or more pseudopatients would try to get admitted to the hospital.
none were actually admitted
results of rosenhan?
staff members rated patients on scale 1-10 as 'how likely to be a fraud'.193 patients in total assessed.
41 rated as pp by at least 2members of staff
23 rates as pp by at least 1psychiatrist
19 rated as pp by psychiatrist and onemember of staff