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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. How much older is Patty's brother than her?

2. In what year did Patty's parent's marry?

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

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

5. What does Bipolar III indicate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the scientific analysis of the roots of manic depression in individuals?

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

4. Discuss Patty's experience with the Rosses.

5. Describe Patty Duke's father.

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

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

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

9. Describe Bipolar II.

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

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

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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