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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term for depressions which are a normal response to a major trauma?
(a) Unipolar depression.
(b) Reactive depression.
(c) Normal depression.
(d) Actuary depression.

2. Who was the producer of The Patty Duke Show?
(a) William Anderson.
(b) Michael Feinstein.
(c) Bob Sweeney.
(d) Jeremy Robinson.

3. Duke writes in Chapter 1 that as her episodes increased with frequency they also increased with what?
(a) Intensity.
(b) Irrationality.
(c) Depression.
(d) Irritability.

4. Patty writes, "I believe that ______ is counterproductive, so in an almost selfish way it was important for me to forgive."
(a) Hatred.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Rage.
(d) Misery.

5. Patty Duke says that one of the few, slight side effects she gets from the lithium is what?
(a) Nausea.
(b) Hair loss.
(c) Weight gain.
(d) Tremors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Patty's oldest son?

2. Who is the 38-year-old woman mentioned in Chapter 2 who moved nine times in three years and consistently changed careers?

3. Researchers in Washington D.C. were studying how many patients whose depressions started in the spring and ended in the fall?

4. In what person is Chapter 1 written?

5. In a study in Belgium, among the adoptive parents of bipolar adoptees, the prevalence in mental illness was what percent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Patty's panic attacks as a child?

2. When did Patty experience her first manic episodes? What led up to this?

3. What do doctors say regarding environmental elements contributing to manic depression?

4. Discuss what cyclothymes is. How is this related to bipolar disorder?

5. What side effect of lithium causes a strong reaction to Patty Duke when hearing of it?

6. When are patients typically diagnosed with bipolar depression?

7. What is unipolar depression? What are its symptoms?

8. How did Patty approach her diagnosis with her children, given the genetic factors? What was their reaction?

9. What is Bipolar I? What are the symptoms?

10. Why didn't Patty's husbands commit her to hospitals? What was her experience when she was institutionalized?

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