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by sebws 1590 days ago
I couldn't find anything about a participant's suicide when searching, could you provide a link?
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I remember that from college but maybe I’m misremembering or maybe I’m simply wrong.

After a brief look around, I also couldn’t find anything about harm to the participants.

Nobody was harmed in the Milgram experiment. That's the whole point of the experiment. It is to fake harm. The one seemingly receiving the electric shock is an actor faking pain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

I’m talking about the people who believed they were shocking the actor. That experience could easily create mental trauma.