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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 name of the woman who, at the age of forty-five, relates her experiences in Chapter 2 in "Only One Mania" ?
(a) Sara.
(b) Michelle.
(c) Lauren.
(d) Dawn.

2. Researchers believe that there is a link between the gene which may pass along traits of manic-depressive illness and what chromosome?
(a) Y.
(b) O.
(c) X.
(d) B.

3. In a study in Belgium, among the adoptive parents of bipolar adoptees, the prevalence in mental illness was what percent?
(a) 19.
(b) 30.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

4. What was the way Patty attempted suicide the majority of the times?
(a) Slitting her wrists.
(b) Overdosing on pills.
(c) Drowning herself.
(d) Jumping in front of a car.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of unipolar depressives will eventually commit suicide?

2. Patty Duke did not recall having any manias before the age of what?

3. When was Patty's mother diagnosed with unipolar depression?

4. In what year did Patty's parent's marry?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did psychotherapy help Patty learn to deal with once she was stabilized with medication?

2. Describe Bipolar II.

3. Describe the three personality types discussed by Dr. Akiskal in Chapter 4.

4. Describe Patty Duke's father.

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

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

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

8. When did Patty learn of the difficulties people face with the side effects of lithium? Has she suffered from them?

9. What does Patty believe is the contributor to her illness?

10. What is Patty Duke's experience with psychotherapy?

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