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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the producer of The Patty Duke Show?

2. How old was Patty's father when he died?

3. What is the name of the forty-two-year-old mother of two who voluntarily participated in the study for winter depression?

4. How much older is Patty's sister than her?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How can doctors distinguish between unipolar and bipolar depression?

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

3. Who was Patty Duke's mother? What was the cause of her depression?

4. What side effect of lithium causes a strong reaction to Patty Duke when hearing of it?

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

6. What is Bipolar I? What are the symptoms?

7. Discuss the genetic findings for manic-depressive illness.

8. How did Patty Duke feel when she was diagnosed bipolar?

9. Describe Bipolar II.

10. Describe Patty Duke's father.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the symptoms of manic-depressive illness listed early in the book. Is it possible to diagnose the disease based solely on a checklist? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Patty Duke's descriptions of her frequent hospitalizations throughout her life. Which, if any, of these were helpful?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theory of personality types and their predisposition toward manic-depressive illness. What are the types and how can they be indicators?

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