On Being Detectably Sane in Insane Places: Base Rates and Psychodiagnosis.

Davis, Douglas A.

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Publication Date: 1976

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On Being Detectably Sane in Insane Places: Base Rates and Psychodiagnosis

Davis, Douglas A.

Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 85, 4, 416-22, Aug 76

Distinguishes several important aspects of Rosenhan's pseudopatient study by which emotions are aroused, offers a Bayesian characterization of the diagnostic process observed by Rosenhan and his fellow pseudopatients, and suggests a direction in which research on these important issues might proceed. (Author/RK)

Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Hospital Personnel, Patients, Psychiatric Hospitals, Psychological Studies, Psychopathology, Schizophrenia, Tables (Data)

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