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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. What is the name of the woman who, at the age of forty-five, relates her experiences in Chapter 2 in "Only One Mania" ?

2. Patty writes, "I believe that ______ is counterproductive, so in an almost selfish way it was important for me to forgive."

3. Who was the sister who raised Patty Duke's mother?

4. Since what year has Patty Duke been taking lithium?

5. Patty Duke's panic attacks almost always revolved around what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Discuss Patty's experience with the Rosses.

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

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

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

8. Discuss the study performed on the Amish regarding manic depression.

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

10. What is unipolar depression? What are its symptoms?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the drug lithium. What are Patty Duke's experiences with the drug? How was it discovered? Where is it found in nature?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the excerpts of the book written by Patty Duke's best friend and by her husband. What portrait do these excerpts paint of the actress and author?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Patty's episode which led to John Astin taking her to his psychiatrist in the middle of the night. How did this lead to her eventual diagnosis?

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