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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month was the author born?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) June.

2. Who wrote the book Blue Nights?
(a) Kay Redfield.
(b) Katie J. M. Baker.
(c) Andrew Solomon.
(d) Joan Didion.

3. When was the author diagnosed with late-stage Lyme disease?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2007.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2001.

4. What does "PDD" refer to?
(a) Pervasive developmental disorder.
(b) Post develepmental disorder.
(c) Petulant disability disorder.
(d) Prenatal developmental disorder.

5. When was Camp Wish established?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2005.
(d) 1999.

6. Who wrote Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament?
(a) Efrem Korngold.
(b) Kay Redfield.
(c) Christopher Bollas.
(d) Steve Dorus.

7. When did the author leave Yale for good?
(a) 2003.
(b) 1999.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2001.

8. What term refers to a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend or family member has been replaced by an identical impostor?
(a) Trappers delusion.
(b) Capgras delusion.
(c) Cornwall delusion.
(d) Worden delusion.

9. The author's trajectory as a fashion writer began in 2007 with a blog titled what?
(a) Fashion Highway.
(b) Seen on the Streets.
(c) Fashion Avenue.
(d) Fashion for Writers.

10. According to the author, the ancient Egyptians described a condition similar to schizophrenia that was attributed to the dangerous influence of poison where in the body?
(a) The pancreas and brain.
(b) The heart and uterus.
(c) The spleen and liver.
(d) The kidneys and liver.

11. The author asserts that while depression is often compared to diabetes, schizophrenia is compared to what disorder?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Glaucoma.
(c) Endometriosis.
(d) Alzheimer's disease.

12. What does "MADD" stand for?
(a) Mental Awareness Drug Diagnosis.
(b) Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
(c) Mental Awareness and Diagnosis of Detriment.
(d) Mental Awareness for Drunk Driving.

13. What was the total NIMH budget for programs designed to address psychosis and treatment in 2017?
(a) $12.5 million.
(b) $15.5 million.
(c) $5.6 million.
(d) $23.2 million.

14. What word in the text refers to the tendency toward a relatively stable equilibrium between independent elements?
(a) Manistatis.
(b) Homeostasis.
(c) Matriculation.
(d) Articulation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What psychoanalyst defines "schizophrenic presence" as the psychodynamic experience of "being with [a schizophrenic] who has seemingly crossed over from the human world to the non-human environment" (3)?

2. In the DSM-5 how many of the five key symptoms must a patient demonstrate to be diagnosed as afflicted with schizophrenia?

3. Who was the judge that presided over the Malcoum Tate murder trial?

4. What anticonfulsant and mood stabilizer was the author first prescribed at the Yale Department of Mental Hygiene?

5. When did Margaret Holloway (the "Shakespeare Lady") graduate from Yale School of Drama?

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