What happened to the pseudo-patients in David Rosenhan's "On Being Sane in Insane Places"?
A) Several of them finally broke out.
B) One of them turned out to be genuinely mentally ill and was never released.
C) They were all released once doctors realized that they were not actually mentally ill.
D) They were all finally released, but their "illnesses" were considered "in remission."

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In David Rosenhan's experiment, all pseudo-patients were eventually discharged from the psychiatric hospitals where they had been admitted. However, none of them were declared "cured." Instead, their diagnoses were considered to be "in remission," indicating that the hospitals recognized their symptoms as diminished but potentially recurring, despite the fact that these individuals had feigned their symptoms to gain admission.

What Happened to the Pseudo-Patients in David Rosenhan's "On Being