In the famous Rosenhan study (1), eight sane people, including David Rosenhan (a psychology and law professor at Stanford University) gained admittance into 12 American psychiatric institutions by pretending to hear voices. Most "pseudopatients" were diagnosed as having schizophrenia and were institutionalized for 19 days (stays ranged from seven to 52 days) before being discharged with the diagnosis of "schizophrenia in remission."In September 2010, I was agitated from several life stressors and impulsively visited a colleague in the United States without telling my family and friends where I was going.
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