2. Being sane in insane
places
• Done in two parts:
• Part 1 – use of healthy participants (3 women and 5 men) who briefly
simulated auditory hallucinations in an attempt to gain admission to 12
different psychiatric hospitals in five different states around United States.
• All were admitted and diagnosed with psychiatric disorders (11
schizophrenia, 1 manic-depressive psychosis).
• After admission, they acted normally and told staff they felt fine and had
not experienced any more hallucinations.
• Hospital staff did not believe them, and they were confined for months. All
were forced to admit to having a mental illness and agree to take
antipsychotic drugs as a condition of their release.
• Stays ranged from 7 to 52 days
3. Part II
• Asking staff to detect non-existent ‘fake’ patients.
• No fake patients were sent, yet the staff falsely
accused 41/193 as imposters and another 42 as
suspect
4. How Mad Are you
• For the documentary, write notes on the following:
Mental Illness Suspect Reasons
Depression
Social Anxiety
Schizophrenia
OCD
Bipolar
Eating disorder
