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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Who Gets Manic-Depressive Illness?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Researchers in Washington D.C. were studying how many patients whose depressions started in the spring and ended in the fall?
(a) 20.
(b) 60.
(c) 18.
(d) 12.

3. Patty Duke's panic attacks almost always revolved around what?
(a) Being left alone.
(b) The death of others.
(c) Her own death.
(d) Being on subways.

4. Who was the couple who managed Patty Duke as a child?
(a) The Fitzmaurices.
(b) The Rosses.
(c) The Gardners.
(d) The Steiners.

5. In 1985, Dr. Akiskal reported results of a study on how many children or younger siblings of adult bipolar patients?
(a) 60.
(b) 68.
(c) 100.
(d) 75.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years did Patty Duke suffer severely with her illness before she was finally diagnosed as manic depressive?

2. What is the term for "mild ups and downs"?

3. In a study in Belgium, what percent of birth parents whose adopted children had manic depression had a history of mood disorders?

4. The increased risk of developing a mood disorder from having a first-degree relative who also has a mood disorder is how many times that of someone without that history?

5. In a 1969-research project at Washington University in St. Louis, researchers found that in two families, everyone that was ______ was also manic-depressive.

(see the answer key)

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