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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Families Suffer and Learn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the 38-year-old woman mentioned in Chapter 2 who moved nine times in three years and consistently changed careers?
(a) Sara.
(b) Melissa.
(c) Emily.
(d) Lisa.

2. 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?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

3. What is one indicator of oncoming manias?
(a) Fevers and sweats.
(b) Hyperventilation.
(c) Decreased sex drive.
(d) Increased sex drive.

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

5. Neuroleptic drugs are traditionally used to treat the symptoms of what?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Depression.
(d) Multiple Personality Disorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Akiskal study 750 psychiatric patients looking for a link between creativity and manic depression?

2. What is the name of the mother whose daughter convinced her to seek therapy and lithium changed her life?

3. Who is the Stanley Harris Senior Professor and chairman of the department of psychiatry at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center?

4. What kind of hat did Patty's father almost always wear?

5. Patty Duke writes, "The tendency to _______ is something we've been doing for too long when it comes to manic depression."

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