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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. From what play comes the line, "The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, are of imagination all compact"?

2. Who was John Astin's 12-year-old son who came to live with him and Patty?

3. What is the circuit with which John and Patty worked as actors and traveled?

4. Who was the associate producer of Patty's television docudrama?

5. Neuroleptic drugs are traditionally used to treat the symptoms of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the concert presented by Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison. Who was featured?

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

3. What is Patty's biggest regret about her behavior before she was diagnosed?

4. What did the psychiatrist and Patty disagree about regarding her manic "epiphany"?

5. What concerns doctors in discussing manic depression and creativity?

6. What is lithium? How did it come to be discovered?

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

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

9. Discuss the antidepressants discussed in Chapter 6.

10. What are the effects of dealing with a parent with manic depression?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the spectrum of drugs other than lithium which are used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Patty Duke's marriages. To whom was she married, when, and for how long? How many children does she have?

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