CRM 3311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: David Rosenhan, Diminished Responsibility, Confirmation Bias

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 3311
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

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Anxiety: what implications/consequences can this have, prevents people from getting or offering help, does not encourage rehabilitation or reintegration, makes people feel excluded and not a part of society. On being sane in insane places - david rosenhan: looked at the validity of psych evaluations. Afterwards, they began acting normal and no longer acted like patients. However, because the label had already been applied, these individuals were still treated for their illness (even though they did not actually have one). Any of their actions were seen through a certain lens. True or false: 1 in 20 canadians will experience a form of mental illness at some point in their life, false. 1 in 5 canadians will experience mental illness at some point in their life: a person who has one or both parents with a mental illness is more likely to develop a mental illness, true. Mental illness can be hereditary, but it is not a guarantee.