“Why, then, should we who are mentally ill remain politically silent when there 's so much at stake that could affect the quality of our lives? (Claire, 195) ” This struck me because it emphasized diagnostic labels. People knowing that one is mentally ill makes them have a mindset that they can not do certain things and that they are insane. This emphasized Rosenhan 's experiment. His experiment was that 8 normal people complained of hearing voices. When they went to doctor and told them this, they were classified as having Schizophrenia. The people watching them said they have the symptoms of schizophrenia, when in reality they did not. This shows how when one thinks someone has a disorder they jump to conclusions and find information that supports they have the disorder (confirmation
“Why, then, should we who are mentally ill remain politically silent when there 's so much at stake that could affect the quality of our lives? (Claire, 195) ” This struck me because it emphasized diagnostic labels. People knowing that one is mentally ill makes them have a mindset that they can not do certain things and that they are insane. This emphasized Rosenhan 's experiment. His experiment was that 8 normal people complained of hearing voices. When they went to doctor and told them this, they were classified as having Schizophrenia. The people watching them said they have the symptoms of schizophrenia, when in reality they did not. This shows how when one thinks someone has a disorder they jump to conclusions and find information that supports they have the disorder (confirmation