"Into the cuckoo's nest"

[azurelunatic]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1134105,00.html

A story on sanity; investigative journalism.

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[karlita.livejournal.com]

Fascinating! Thanks for posting it! I'm going to put it on my LJ also.

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[azurelunatic]

I got it onList₂ from p_o_u_n_c_e_r.

[wibbble]

I don't know if I still have it - I hope I do - but for my sociology class last year we had most of 'Being sane in insane places' as set text.

I'd need to check details, but I think that's the paper that resulted from Rosenhan's experiment.

Want me to dig it out?

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[azurelunatic]

I'm sure I'd be fascinated, but I'm not sure what would happen to my brain reading it.

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[wibbble]

I'll see if I have it before I do the chocolate thing.

And I'm glad for that post you made, since I was going to buy white chocolate.

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[azurelunatic]

Oh dear.

Hee.

My relationship with chocolate is probably abusive.

[wibbble]

*finishes the article*

Interesting, and it's something I've seen here, too.

In the UK it's actually fairly uncommon to get a referral to a psychiatrist - usually your GP deals with you. there's a huge number of people who are diagnosed with 'depression', and put on medication, when it's not always appropriate for them.

Reading stuff like that makes me want to go to lectures and get this degree.

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[azurelunatic]

I think that may be common here too.