Sane or Insane It was said in the 1970 's most Psychiatric professionals predicted their own beliefs while diagnosing a patient on their mental and social suitability. Daniel Rosenhand a professor of law and psychology at Stanford has decided to take the time and do research on how patients are diagnosed accurately. Although Rosenhand was aware the major social role psychiatrists have, he was determined to figure out if the patients are really insane as they were evaluated to be. Although Resenhand…

illnesses. Originally, folklore and other concepts dating back to ancient times, influenced societies to define and label those individuals that expressed abnormal patterns of behavior as mad, insane and mentally ill (Henderson, 2009). Treatment and legal proceedings for such individuals often incorporated cruel and unusual punishments and in some cases even death. Over time, societal views on the available treatments and legal proceedings for the mentally ill have changed drastically. Legal defense…

Hamlet- Sane or Insane??? In Shakespeare's play Hamlet the main character Hamlet experiences many different and puzzling emotions. He toys with the idea of killing himself and then plays with the idea of murdering others. Many people ask themselves who or what is this man and what is going on inside his head. The most common question asked about him is whether or not he is sane or insane. Although the door seems to swing both ways many see him as a sane person with one thought on his mind,…

Is He Truly Insane? “The man denies that he is insane. He offers proof. Can you believe him?” (Poe, 22) This is one of the most intriguing lines in the short story ‘The Tell Tale Heart’ written by Edgar Allan Poe. This quote defines the whole purpose of the short story in fewer than two sentences. The whole story is dedicated to proving that the narrator in the short story is actually, sane. Due to many pieces of evidence, one can have various opinions in debating whether the narrator is…

The topic that I chose that was the most related to my major and area of interest was an article on insane asylums. From the Psychiatry aspect, some of the things that psychiatrist tend to are patients with mental disorders and patients that live within mental institution. Due to my intended field and area of interest, I plan on going into the psychiatric aspect of psychology. In the article, “Deinstitutionalization: A Psychiatric: “Titanic” that author is able to give off good definitions and statistics…

Cesarean or Caesarean kidnappings, and/or fetus theft is a cruel crime which is also known as baby snatching, it is a fairly new, and rare category of crime (Porter). This crime was initiated in 1987 by 19 year old Darci Pierce, who kidnapped Pregnant Cindy Ray and forcibly removed her child via cesarean section. This crime is most likely committed by a female and the victim usually dies due to blood loss, trauma and exposure (Porter). Since 1987 there have been over 30 cesarean kidnappings occur…

Are You Insane? “Are you insane?” is a term I used to use a lot when driving on the highways, byways and interstates. It is highly likely that most all of us have used this term in some fashion or another. What is interesting about this term is that it is not a mental disorder, it is a legal term that is used in the court system to describe a defendant in a trail. The Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition says, “Insane is a medically…

states that still practice death penalty. therefore, we must put an end it all. Death penalty is barbaric and an unusually cruel punishment. There has been countless controversial arguments about abolishing capital punishment over the years, some believe that the punishment challenges our declaration of independence, some believe it 's barbaric and others just simply think it 's cruel when an innocent person is convicted. There are also few arguments for death penalty and how the people that do the uncanny…

you hear the words “insane asylum”? Do such terms as lunatic, crazy, scary, or even haunted come to mind? More than likely these are the terminology that most of us would use to describe our perception of insane asylums. However, those in history that had a heart’s desire to treat the mentally ill compassionately and humanely had a different viewpoint. Insane asylums were known for their horrendous treatment of the mentally ill, but the ultimate purpose in the reformation of insane asylums in the nineteenth…

“On Being Sane in Insane Places” It was very interesting to read about Rosenhan's study and how psychiatrists, who go through big coursework and training, could wrongly classify a patient. It surprised me how some psychiatrists couldn’t say they don’t know what’s wrong with patients instead they could possibly diagnose someone as insane. Though reading this chapter I found the strange things from Rosenhan’s study that was hard to believe. Slater states, “The strange thing was, the other patients…