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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. More than ten million people a year in the United States alone complain of symptoms of what?

2. What was the way Patty attempted suicide the majority of the times?

3. Within how many weeks did lithium begin to work for Patty Duke?

4. Patty Duke's panic attacks became very clear to her around what age?

5. Whose research states that of the unipolar depressives who commit suicide most will have visited their doctor within the month?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When did Patty's symptoms appear in her life? What were they?

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

4. Describe Bipolar II.

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

6. What delusions did Patty Duke experience while manic?

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

8. When are patients typically diagnosed with bipolar depression?

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

10. What do doctors say regarding environmental elements contributing to manic depression?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of genetics in diagnosing manic depression. What have scientists found to relate manic depression to a genetic link?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the childhood of Patty Duke. What was her relationship to her parents? Who were Patty's "adoptive" parents and what was their role in her life?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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