The Rosenhan experiment

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I have many heros in the world of science. Brave and clever people who set out to challenge what is known.

I now have a new one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenhan_experiment

Pure, sublime hilarious genius.

I wonder if a podiatry version of this could be done! I rather suspect it could!!

"overpronation" anyone

Rosenhan experiment

Experiment to determine the validity of psychiatric diagnosis

The Rosenhan experiment or Thud experiment was an experiment conducted to determine the validity of psychiatric diagnosis. Participants submitted themselves for evaluation at various psychiatric institutions and feigned hallucinations in order to be accepted, but acted normally from then onward. Each was diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and were given antipsychotic medication. The study was conducted by psychologist David Rosenhan, a Stanford University professor, and published by the journal Science in 1973 under the title "On Being Sane in Insane Places".^[1][2]

It is considered^{[by whom?]} an important and influential criticism of psychiatric diagnosis, and broached the topic of wrongful involuntary commitment.^[3] The experiment is said to have "accelerated the movement to reform mental institutions and to deinstitutionalize as many mental patients as possible".^[4] Rosenhan along with eight other people (five men and three women) entered 12 hospitals across five states along the west coast of the US. Three of the participants were admitted for only a short period of time, and in order to obtain sufficient documented experiences, they re-applied to additional institutions.

Respondents defended psychiatry against the experiment's conclusions, saying that as psychiatric diagnosis relies largely on the patient's report of their experiences, faking their presence no more demonstrates problems with psychiatric diagnosis than lying about other medical symptoms.^[5] More recently, it has been alleged that at least part of the published results were distorted or falsified.^[6]

1. ^ Gaughwin, Peter (2011). "On Being Insane in Medico-Legal Places: The Importance of Taking a Complete History in Forensic Mental Health Assessment". Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. 12 (1): 298–310. doi:10.1375/pplt.12.2.298. S2CID 53771539.
2. ^ Rosenhan, David (19 January 1973). "On being sane in insane places". Science. 179 (4070): 250–258. Bibcode:1973Sci...179..250R. doi:10.1126/science.179.4070.250. PMID 4683124. S2CID 146772269. Archived from the original on 17 November 2004.
3. ^ Slater, Lauren (2004). Opening Skinner's Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century. W. W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-05095-5.
4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kornblum2011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Spitzer was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
6. ^ Scull, Andrew (3 February 2023). "Rosenhan revisited: Successful scientific fraud". History of Psychiatry. 34 (2): 180–195. doi:10.1177/0957154X221150878. PMID 36737877. S2CID 256577099.

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Kudos to Rosenhan. However, do remember Rob, that all the world is barmy with the exception of you and I; however, I sometimes I have concerns about you......

All the best

Bill

 

You're just jealous the voices don't talk to YOU.

I'm just dandy. Being paranoid AND schizophrenic I always have someone to watch my back for me.

 

I suspect it already has:
Custom made orthotics by different specialists:
Nigg 2010
1 test subject, 5 orthotic specialists who made diagnosis and constructed custom orthotics. Subject ran in orthotics (10K) and scored orthotics from 0-10 in terms of comfort: 0 = very bad (unable to run) 10 = excellent. Also measured 3D kinematics.

Construction was different in the number of materials and hardness. The two “best” orthotics were substantially different: one was relatively soft in the forefoot and midfoot and soft in the rearfoot; the other was medium soft in the forefoot and midfoot and harder in the rearfoot.

The 10k running time was fastest for the most comfortable orthotic, second fastest for the 2nd most comfortable etc. down the list. The correlation between comfort and rearfoot eversion was 0.92, with the best orthotic having the highest eversion.

Next...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITy47L15xbs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdR1T_NpUtA&feature=related

If I go insane, please don`t put your wires in my brain....

One of my all time favourites.

 

Brilliant study

One for Valentines Day

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I'm a schizophrenic
And so am I


Apologies in advance for that one but I love it

 

One reasons psychiatrists work in a mental hospital is that it is the one place they feel sane!

 

and this one: Practitioner differences in foot orthoses

 

Bel here is my fit - odd that songs in threads are on topic

Placebo covering the pixies - Where is my mind

Got everything for Robert.

Pixies

The placebo effect

Where is my mind



Have a good day folks.