This essay will examine articles written by Professor Mark Dadds, "Letter: Madness is expected of detainees" The Australian, 16th February 2005. 43 and Amanda Hodge "Bewildering trail of all who failed Cornelia" The Weekend Australian 12th- 13th February 2002. 2. I will compare the differences between the two articles and how they highlight the case of Cornelia Rau, a woman with a mental illness who ended up at Baxter Detention Centre.
             The main argument Professor Mark Dadds asks in his article is how do we define mental illness and how is it different in different settings is such as a Psychiatric institution and a Detention centre. He wrote about a trial done by Rosenhan in 1973 where sane people were placed secretly into institutions and how they were treated and diagnosed of certain mental problems. Professor Dadds compared this trial with the treatment of detainees who a suffering from undiagnosed mental illness. If certain behaviours were shown both in an institution and in a detention centre one would be classed as a mental illness and the other just behavioural problems (trouble makers). In the article Professor Dadds states:
             Psychiatry has come along way since 1973 and it is unlikely that such clinical sloppiness could occur on such a generalised scale. However Rosenhan's principle still applies; the labels that are given to people influence the way we thereafter see them (Dadds Mark R, "Letter: Madness is expected of detainees" The Australian, 16th February 2005. page43).
             Professor Dadds compares this trial with the treatment of Cornelia Rau and her treatment while incarcerated at Baxter Detention Centre where she was classed as having behavioural problems and her mental illness ignored. Her history wasn't examined in detail by Professor Dadds but does look at the behaviour of people in these detention centres. Does the treatment of Cornelia Rau while being incarcerated ...