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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. An overdose of lithium can result in what?
(a) Catatonia.
(b) Mania.
(c) Depression.
(d) Death.

2. Dr Elliot Gershon says that manic-depressive illness may have something to do with ________.
(a) Acclimancy factor.
(b) Associative bipolarism.
(c) Infancy risk.
(d) Assortative mating.

3. In what year did Patty marry her current husband?
(a) 1986.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1992.

4. What door did Patty begin keeping open to prove to her sons that she had changed?
(a) Back door.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Bedroom.
(d) Bathroom.

5. When was Patty's mother diagnosed with unipolar depression?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who discovered lithium's effects on mania?

2. What Wall Street trader testified in court that his manic-depressive illness led to his making bad business decisions?

3. Who is the Italian psychiatrist who wrote Man of Genius?

4. Who is the author of the book, Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament?

5. In 1985, Dr. Akiskal reported results of a study on how many children or younger siblings of adult bipolar patients?

(see the answer key)

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