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Being sane in insane places (1973) [pdf]

by dbgrman on 2/2/2026, 5:43:14 PM

https://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/psychology/FacultySites/Horvat/OnBeingSaneInInsanePlaces.PDF

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by: ameliaquining

This study was a fraud: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;doi.org&#x2F;10.1177&#x2F;0957154x221150878" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;doi.org&#x2F;10.1177&#x2F;0957154x221150878</a>

2/2/2026, 7:27:28 PM


by: ossicones

If you&#x27;ve ever taken a depression screener at a wellness visit, that&#x27;s a consequence of this work. This paper describes how unreliable psychiatric diagnosis used to be. There were standards, but they ultimately came down to physician judgment. This created demand for more objective standards, which resulted in the &quot;checklist&quot; approach that we have now.

2/2/2026, 5:58:47 PM


by: 12_throw_away

This is one of those &quot;important research with unbelievably flawed methods&quot; sort of situations. Psych research before IRBs was <i>crazy</i>.

2/2/2026, 7:12:37 PM


by: dbgrman

An experiment where they sent normal people to mental institutes to see if professionals would be able to identify them.

2/2/2026, 5:43:14 PM


by: tines

This is from the seventies. I wonder if things would be different fifty years later.

2/2/2026, 5:55:04 PM