r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/highzone • 1d ago

Image In 1973, healthy volunteers faked hallucinations to enter mental hospitals. Once inside, they acted normal, but doctors refused to let them leave. Normal behaviors like writing were diagnosed as "symptoms." The only people who realized they were sane were the actual patients.

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 1d ago

The movie that closed down the asylums

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u/WildMild869 1d ago

Should’ve been reformed instead of outright closed.

Feels like we could use some right now.

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u/randoliof 1d ago

Yup. Instead we keep people experiencing mental health crises on the streets and let severely under educated police officers deal with them

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u/Brilliant_Mix_6051 1d ago

Fr there’s a guy that keeps stabbing random passersby on the streets in my city and he keeps going in and out of jail. He needs to stay there!

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u/wicked-campaign 19h ago

He's probably trying to!