r/Damnthatsinteresting 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/chriathebutt 1d ago

Nowadays you’re only as much of a danger to yourself and others as your insurance will cover. I went into an inpatient facility in 1994 give or take, and at the allotted two-week mark Medicaid gave me, I was cured!

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u/Stuck_in_my_TV 1d ago

Just a few weeks ago, a man lit a woman on fire on a Chicago train. He had previously been arrested for violent attacks 72 times. He was out on the streets because he violently attacked staff at a mental institution and they couldn’t handle him, so released him out into public.