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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 plant is used to help with depression?

2. How much more likely are men to commit suicide than women?

3. What type of drug is heroine?

4. What depression model suggests that depression is sadness-feelings everyone has felt before, only on a more intense level?

5. What drug, which Solomon takes four times, helped him save a relationship once?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do life changes affect depression?

2. What is a likely outcome for children who have mothers with untreated depression?

3. How is seasonal affective disorder (SAD) treated?

4. What does Hippocrates believe about depression?

5. Why is it thought that depressed people may have better judgment than healthy people?

6. Describe Solomon's experience with sexual identity.

7. Describe Solomon's experience with cocaine.

8. How might television play a role in depression?

9. Overall, how does Solomon feel about those who say they have been helped by alternative treatments?

10. Why is it important for one to find a therapist that they like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the role of Phaly Noun in the book. Why is her story relevant to Solomon's overview of depression? What does Solomon seem to admire about her?

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

Explore the idea that women are more likely to become depressed than men. What factors cause this? Why is this fact significant?

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