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The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that psychiatrists cannot
reliably tell the difference between people who are sane and those who are
insane.
The study actually consisted of two parts.
The first part involved eight sane people (pseudo-patients) attempting to gain
admission to 12 different hospitals, in five different states in the USA.
There were three women and five men.
These pseudo-patients reported to the hos
