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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. In what year did Patty Duke end up at Dr. Arlen's home at 2 a.m. having a manic episode?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1969.

2. Who heads the Foundation for Depression and Manic Depression in New York's Upper East Side?
(a) Dr. Ronald R. Fieve.
(b) Dr. Michael E. Jansen.
(c) Dr. Anderson W. Michaels.
(d) Dr. James R. Singe.

3. Why couldn't John work as a screenwriter during one period of Patty's marriage?
(a) There was a strike.
(b) He was fired.
(c) He was an alcoholic.
(d) She wouldn't let him.

4. "Even when there are little to no side effects, anywhere from ___ to ___ percent of people stop taking their lithium."
(a) 10 to 25.
(b) 50 to 60.
(c) 40 to 50.
(d) 20 to 30.

5. What is the name of the drug also referred to as Tegretol?
(a) Prozac.
(b) Thiothixene.
(c) Carbamazapine.
(d) Lamitrogine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is one of the authors of the book Manic-Depressive Illness and an associate professor of psychiatry at John Hopkins University?

2. Winston Churchill's biographer described him as what?

3. Charles Burney was the biographer of which composer?

4. Who is the mother of Ellen, who in high school developed manic depression?

5. What is Patty Duke's middle son's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the psychiatrist and Patty disagree about regarding her manic "epiphany"?

2. What led to Patty's depressions early in her marriage to John Astin?

3. What can be the result of siblings coping with someone with manic depression?

4. What is the correlation between CEOs and manic depression?

5. What led to Patty overcoming her fear of death?

6. Discuss anticonvulsants and neuroleptics.

7. What is lithium? How did it come to be discovered?

8. What are the effects of dealing with a parent with manic depression?

9. What concerns doctors in discussing manic depression and creativity?

10. What happens after hospitalization with bipolar patients?

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