David Rosenhan
David Rosenhan · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychologist known for the study on being sane in insane places
1929, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States — 2012, Palo Alto, California, United States
United States
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Rosenhan was a psychologist famous for the 1973 'On Being Sane in Insane Places' study, in which healthy volunteers were admitted to psychiatric hospitals, sharply challenging the reliability of psychiatric diagnosis. A professor of psychology and law at Stanford, his work shaped debates over mental-health classification. He was born into a Jewish family in New Jersey.
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Psychologist known for the study on being sane in insane places
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