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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the judge that presided over the Malcoum Tate murder trial?
(a) Julian Plumadore.
(b) Christopher Bollas.
(c) Don Rushing.
(d) Efrem Korngold.

2. Who is the manager of the antistigma speakers' bureau SOLVE?
(a) Efrem Korngold.
(b) Julian Plumadore.
(c) Christopher Bollas.
(d) Colleen Duewel.

3. Who published the article in Newsweek titled "How Colleges Flunk Mental Health" in 2014?
(a) Andrew Solomon.
(b) Kay Redfield.
(c) Katie J. M. Baker.
(d) Joan Didion.

4. What California bill is discussed in "Toward a Pathology of the Possessed" relating to involuntary mental health treatment?
(a) AB 503.
(b) AB 5341.
(c) AB 1534.
(d) AB 1421.

5. Since when has the author been a speaker for SOLVE?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2013.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2015.

6. Who wrote the memoir Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things?
(a) Katie J. M. Baker.
(b) Andrew Solomon.
(c) Joan Didion.
(d) Jenny Lawson.

7. 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)?
(a) Christopher Bollas.
(b) Don Rushing.
(c) Ron Powers.
(d) Efrem Korngold.

8. Who is the evolutionary geneticist and coauthor of the paper "Adaptive Evolution in Genes Defining Schizophrenia" that is cited by the author in "Diagnosis"?
(a) Christopher Bollas.
(b) Kay Redfield.
(c) Efrem Korngold.
(d) Steve Dorus.

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

10. What drug does the author describe taking from 2013 to 2017 to keep her functioning without either delusions or hallucinations?
(a) Lamictal.
(b) Lithium.
(c) Zoloft.
(d) Haloperidol.

11. In the DSM-5 how many of the five key symptoms must a patient demonstrate to be diagnosed as afflicted with schizophrenia?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

13. Who claimed "We are our choices" (31)?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Sartre.
(c) Homer.
(d) Aristophanes.

14. What does "RAISE" stand for?
(a) Recovery Associated with Incapacitated Stoicism Exchange.
(b) Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode.
(c) Reflective Awareness of Intelligent Standards in Education.
(d) Reduced Associative Integrated Sequence Experience.

15. Who was the camper at Camp Wish that the author served as personal minder to after he had experienced bullying in his cabin?
(a) James.
(b) Peter.
(c) Roger.
(d) Stuart.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the College of William and Mary established?

2. When did Eugen Bleuler coin the word "schizophrenia"?

3. When was the Strengthening Mental Health in Our Communities Act (HR 4574) passed?

4. When was the author diagnosed with bipolar disorder?

5. When was Camp Wish established?

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