Key Study For Clinical: Rosenhan

Question 1

What is your clinical key study

Answer 1

Rosenhan

Question 2

List the 2 aims of your Clinical Key Study

Answer 2

To test the reliability of mental health diagnosis
To see if medical professionals could tell the mentally ill from the healthy in a clinical setting

Question 3

How many Pseduopatients did your Clinical key study have

Answer 3

8

Question 4

What was the role of the Pseduopatients before they entered the hospital in your Clinical key study

Answer 4

To get admitted into a hospital by pretending to have schizophrenic symptoms

Question 5

How many hospitals were the Pseduopatients admitted to

Answer 5

12 hospitals across the US

Question 6

What did the Pseduopatients do once admitted into the hospitals

Answer 6

They would act normally and take notes of their experience

Question 7

Who were the real Participants of your Clinical key study

Answer 7

The doctors and clinicians

Question 8

What were the 3 findings of your Clinical key study

Answer 8

All pseudopatients were diagnosed with a mental disorder
Length of hospitalisation was an average of 19days
None of the staff identified the Pseduopatients

Question 9

What is the conclusion of your Clinical key study

Answer 9

Medical professionals cannot differ the mentally ill from those who are not