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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 is the Armenian-born psychiatrist dedicated to studying personality and mood disorders who is referred to in Chapter 2?

2. For the past year, Dr. McKnew has been treating two four-year-olds whom he diagnosed having manic-depression with what?

3. How old was Patty when she stopped living with her managers?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When did Patty experience her first manic episodes? What led up to this?

2. What does Patty remember of her mother as a child? Where was Patty relocated during her childhood?

3. Describe Patty Duke's father.

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

5. Why didn't Patty's husbands commit her to hospitals? What was her experience when she was institutionalized?

6. How did Patty approach her diagnosis with her children, given the genetic factors? What was their reaction?

7. What led up to the manic episode which led to Patty's first marriage?

8. What are the similarities of manic depression and schizophrenia? What are the differences?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the potential for relapses in bipolar patients. What can lead to relapses? How can patients avoid them? What treatment is typical in the case of relapses?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the unique style in which A Brilliant Madness is written. What about this style lends a different perspective to the study of manic-depressive illness?

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