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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. Charles Burney was the biographer of which composer?

2. Who wrote the book, Movie Stars, Real People, and Me?

3. Where did Akiskal study 750 psychiatric patients looking for a link between creativity and manic depression?

4. The doctor who discovered lithium's effects on mania originally suspected that what was the culprit for the disease?

5. In what year did Patty Duke end up at Dr. Arlen's home at 2 a.m. having a manic episode?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss alcoholism and writers as discussed in the text.

2. What can be the result of siblings coping with someone with manic depression?

3. Discuss the antidepressants discussed in Chapter 6.

4. What is the argument regarding treatment for the creative manic depressant?

5. What does Dr. Jamison believe doctors should do when treating the artist?

6. What "gift" does Patty Duke conclude she gained from her illness?

7. What are the side effects associated with lithium?

8. When is it necessary to hospitalize a bipolar patient?

9. What led to Patty overcoming her fear of death?

10. Discuss the effects of parents who pass on manic-depression to their children.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the theory of personality types and their predisposition toward manic-depressive illness. What are the types and how can they be indicators?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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