ABNORMAL PSYCHOLOGY

           
                
 

 ROSENHAN STUDY   


Table 1: Responses of staff towards pseudo patients requests

Response

Percentage making contact with patient

 

Psychiatrists

Nurses

Moves on with head averted

71

88

Makes eye contact

23

10

Pauses and chats

2

4

Stops and talks

4

0.5

 
 

Table 2:  Judgement of all admissions patients as to the likelihood that they are pseudo patients

Number of patients judged

193

Number of patients confidently judged as pseudo patients by at least one staff member

41

Number of patients suspected by one psychiatrist

23

Number of patients suspected by one psychiatrist AND one other staff member

19

 
 
 

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