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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which drugs can help fight anxiety?
(a) Depressants.
(b) Opiates.
(c) Hallucinogens.
(d) Benzos.

2. Of adults with depression in the U.S., what percent are diagnosed correctly?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Forty.
(d) Eighty.

3. What does a person have to experience to be able to love?
(a) Despair at the loss of love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Sacrifice for the one they love.
(d) True happiness.

4. How old is Solomon when his mother is diagnosed with cancer?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty-five.

5. What are the most popular type of antidepressants?
(a) Tricycles.
(b) MAOIs.
(c) SSRIs.
(d) Atypical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Solomon receive a new age massage?

2. What addictive substance does Solomon grow up around?

3. What drug can do permanent damage to dopamine systems and can make depression worse?

4. How many American children suffer from depression?

5. According to the text, marijuana has been known to affect what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the focus on the subject of mental illness in the House of Representatives?

2. Describe Solomon's experience with cocaine.

3. What affect does Solomon think having too many choices has on humans?

4. What does Solomon believe about the definition of depression listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual used in Psychiatry?

5. How does Solomon feel about the current century?

6. What symptoms can be seen in babies who are always away from their mothers?

7. Why is it important for people on medications to remain on them and not cycle on and off?

8. What is correlations between severity of depression and likelihood of suicide?

9. What role do diet and exercise play in treating depression?

10. How was mental illness viewed in the Middle Ages?

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