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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 Patty's older sister's name?

2. Researchers in Washington D.C. were studying how many patients whose depressions started in the spring and ended in the fall?

3. What is the term for patients whose mood changes collide with one another, from month to month, day to day, sometimes even within the same day?

4. In studies of twins where one identical twin had manic-depressive disorder, what is the percentage of cases where the other twin also developed it?

5. How many pills of lithium does Patty Duke take per day?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Bipolar II.

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

7. Describe Patty Duke's father.

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

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

10. What delusions did Patty Duke experience while manic?

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 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 unipolar depression, its types, and its differences from bipolar depression. When is medication necessary, and what kind is used in treatment?

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