Aims and Context

Question 1

Aimed to investigate reliability of ________

Answer 1

Psychiatric diagnostics

Question 2

Aimed to see if psychiatrists could…

Answer 2

Tell the difference between the sane and insane

Question 3

Aimed to see if diagnosis of insanity is…

Answer 3

Situational or dispositional

Question 4

Aimed to see if sane people could…

Answer 4

Be admitted into a mental institution

Question 5

Context (names + dates)

Answer 5

Laing 1960
Szasz 1960
Foucault 1961

Question 6

Foucault

Answer 6

• 1961
• Treatment of MI = inhumane (cold showers + straightjackets)
• concepts of sanity and insanity = constructed by society

Question 7

Liang

Answer 7

1960

-Schizophrenia = due to experiences not symptoms

Question 8

Szasz

Answer 8

1960

• Medical model = unhelpful w/ psychiatric conditions
• Concept of MI = exclude non-conformists from society