Below is a report of a very interesting medical experiment.  It is from Jay Adams’ The Physician, The Pastor, Psychotherapy, and Counseling (slightly edited by Dan Clement). (You can find the whole article at: http://www.nouthetic.org/component/content/article/6-resources/111-the-physician-the-pastor-psychotherapy-and-counseling.html) .The Medical World News reported an experiment in which a psychiatrist evaluated the ability of psychiatrists to diagnose problems. Into leading mental institutions he sent seven totally sane persons.  When they entered they lied only about one thing. They said, “I hallucinated.” They didn’t act strange in any way, they didn’t tell any other lies. Any questions they were asked they tried to answer factually. All seven were labeled seriously mentally ill: six were diagnosed schizophrenic, one manic depressive. Such serious labels put on people follow them the rest of their lives. Yet in all of these … Read entire article »