Coverage of Rosenhan's "On Being Sane in Insane Places" in Abnormal Psychology Textbooks

Autor/inn/en	Bartels, Jared M.; Peters, Daniel
Titel	Coverage of Rosenhan's "On Being Sane in Insane Places" in Abnormal Psychology Textbooks
Quelle	In: Teaching of Psychology, 44 (2017) 2, S.169-173 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6283
DOI	10.1177/0098628317692634
Schlagwörter	Psychology; Textbooks; Content Analysis; Psychiatry; Clinical Diagnosis; Schizophrenia; Patients; Hospitals; Behavior Patterns; Criticism; Labeling (of Persons) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Inhaltsanalyse; Psychiatrie; Schizophrenie; Patient; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Kritik; Labeling-Ansatz
Abstract	The present study examined 12 abnormal psychology textbooks to determine whether Rosenhan's classic study, "Being sane in insane places," was covered, and if so, the nature of that coverage. Only 50% covered the study, with all describing the study as demonstrating the biasing power of psychiatric labels. Two key aspects of the study (the diagnoses of schizophrenia and their supposed subsequent influence on the hospital staff's perception of the pseudopatients' normal behavior as pathological) were commonly discussed. However, although the study has been heavily criticized, only two texts discussed any criticism of it. Teachers and text authors are urged to become more familiar with the critical literature on this study, and suggestions for class discussions of the study are provided. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01