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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "High Functioning" - "The Choice of Children".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What anticonfulsant and mood stabilizer was the author first prescribed at the Yale Department of Mental Hygiene?
(a) Zoloft.
(b) Lamictal.
(c) Depakote.
(d) Lithium.

2. What sentence was delivered to the murderer of Malcoum Tate?
(a) Life in prison.
(b) Life in a mental institution.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 20 years.

3. What does the Greek root word "schizo" mean?
(a) Split.
(b) Delusion.
(c) Damaged.
(d) Strong.

4. What refers to the California law code for temporary, involuntary psychiatric commitment of individuals who present a danger to themselves or others?
(a) 3130.
(b) 5150.
(c) 2550.
(d) 4140.

5. When did Eugen Bleuler coin the word "schizophrenia"?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1908.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 2646) passed?

2. Who developed the 12-session course called Family-to-Family for NAMI?

3. What word in the text refers to the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between independent elements?

4. In what month was the author born?

5. Who wrote Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament?

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