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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. Which drugs can help fight anxiety?

2. Of adults with depression in the U.S., what percent are diagnosed correctly?

3. How many models for depression are there?

4. What portion of high school students have considered suicide?

5. How many times does Solomon try to get off of Zyprexa?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why should depressed people avoid bad arguments and feelings of outrage?

3. In the end, how does Solomon feel about his experience with depression?

4. Why are family members of suicide victims more likely to see suicide as an option for themselves?

5. How were depressives viewed in the American colonies in the18th century?

6. How do opiates affect the body?

7. What is Angel's only source of happiness?

8. How does the brain adapt to change?

9. Describe the four groups of suicides.

10. How did Phaly Noun help depressed women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the cycle created by depression and substance abuse. How do the two correlate? How are they separate issues? Why does Solomon say that depressives are vulnerable to being addicts?

Essay Topic 2

How does lack of money link to depression? Why are so many impoverished Americans depressed? What does Solomon say about getting treatment for them?

Essay Topic 3

How does Solomon feel about his own depression? What kind of person has he become as a result of being depressed? How does Solomon feel about life as a result of his depression?

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