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'''David L. Rosenhan''' (/ˈroʊznən/; November 22, 1929 – February 6, 2012)[1] was an American psychologist. He is best known for the Rosenhan experiment, a study challenging the validity of psychiatry diagnoses.[2]
'''David L. Rosenhan''' (/ˈroʊznən/; November 22, 1929 – February 6, 2012) was an American psychologist. He is best known for the Rosenhan experiment, a study challenging the validity of psychiatry diagnoses.


The study has been questioned; Rosenhan never published his data nor the book he had promised; the experiment's subjects could not be found, save two, one who turned out Rosenhan himself, and a second one, whose positive psychiatric hospital experience was discarded by Rosenhan and not included in the "study."[3][4] Kenneth J. Gergen has stated that "some people in the department called him a bullshitter.”
The study has been questioned; Rosenhan never published his data nor the book he had promised; the experiment's subjects could not be found, save two, one who turned out Rosenhan himself, and a second one, whose positive psychiatric hospital experience was discarded by Rosenhan and not included in the "study." Kenneth J. Gergen has stated that "some people in the department called him a bullshitter.”
 
== See also ==
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rosenhan David Rosenhan] @ Wikipedia
* [https://nypost.com/2019/11/02/stanford-professor-who-changed-america-with-just-one-study-was-also-a-liar Stanford professor who changed America with just one study was also a liar] by Susannah Cahalan (New York Post: November 2, 2019)
 
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David L. Rosenhan (/ˈroʊznən/; November 22, 1929 – February 6, 2012) was an American psychologist. He is best known for the Rosenhan experiment, a study challenging the validity of psychiatry diagnoses.

The study has been questioned; Rosenhan never published his data nor the book he had promised; the experiment's subjects could not be found, save two, one who turned out Rosenhan himself, and a second one, whose positive psychiatric hospital experience was discarded by Rosenhan and not included in the "study." Kenneth J. Gergen has stated that "some people in the department called him a bullshitter.”

See also