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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 play starring Susan Clark about three women in which Patty performed in Los Angeles?

2. What is the term for "mild ups and downs"?

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

4. In a 1969-research project at Washington University in St. Louis, researchers found that in two families, everyone that was ______ was also manic-depressive.

5. What is the name of the forty-two-year-old mother of two who voluntarily participated in the study for winter depression?

Short Essay Questions

1. What delusions did Patty Duke experience while manic?

2. How did Patty come to forgive her parents?

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

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

5. Describe Patty Duke's father.

6. Discuss Patty's experience with the Rosses.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Patty Duke's descriptions of her frequent hospitalizations throughout her life. Which, if any, of these were helpful?

Essay Topic 2

In examining a patient's family, what indicators point to the possibility of manic depression as a diagnosis?

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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