Rosenhan experiment
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apharIf you have any respect for the field of "psychiatry" left, please take a look at the Rosenhan experiment.
Briefly: Confirmation bias and an absolute absence of any objective criteria make psychiatric diagnoses worthless in all but a few obvious cases (if any). People are deprived of their human rights and liberties and subjected to antipsychotic drugs at the whim of indifferent (at best; usually - hostile) "professionals".
Briefly: Confirmation bias and an absolute absence of any objective criteria make psychiatric diagnoses worthless in all but a few obvious cases (if any). People are deprived of their human rights and liberties and subjected to antipsychotic drugs at the whim of indifferent (at best; usually - hostile) "professionals".
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