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
Comments
by: ameliaquining
This study was a fraud: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154x221150878" rel="nofollow">https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154x221150878</a>
2/2/2026, 7:27:28 PM
by: ossicones
If you've ever taken a depression screener at a wellness visit, that'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 "checklist" approach that we have now.
2/2/2026, 5:58:47 PM
by: 12_throw_away
This is one of those "important research with unbelievably flawed methods" 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