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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, My Little Beige Pill.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What researchers lived with an Amish family in Lancaster, Pennsylvania while studying at Yale?
(a) Dr. Neil Risch.
(b) Dr. Janice Egeland.
(c) Dr. Timothy Hutchins.
(d) Dr. Samuel Ross.

5. How old was Patty Duke when she was writing the book?
(a) 49.
(b) 50.
(c) 41.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did "Grandpa Duke" do for a living?

2. Within how many weeks did lithium begin to work for Patty Duke?

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

4. What does Bipolar III indicate?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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