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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) Don Rushing.
(b) Julian Plumadore.
(c) Efrem Korngold.
(d) Christopher Bollas.

2. What does "anhedonia" mean?
(a) Loss of interest or pleasure.
(b) Fainting spell.
(c) Loss of blood.
(d) Loss of cognitive function.

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

4. Who wrote The Center Cannot Hold?
(a) Efrem Korngold.
(b) Elyn Saks.
(c) Don Rushing.
(d) Ron Powers.

5. When was the Strengthening Mental Health in Our Communities Act (HR 4574) passed?
(a) 2016.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2018.

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

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

8. What percentage of the American adult population is afflicted with schizophrenia, according to the NIMH?
(a) 0.01%.
(b) 3.9%.
(c) 1.1%.
(d) 0.3%.

9. When did Malcoum Tate's murderer die?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1999.

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

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

12. 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) $23.2 million.
(d) $5.6 million.

13. Who wrote the book Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity?
(a) Lothell Tate.
(b) Efrem Korngold.
(c) Andrew Solomon.
(d) Christopher Bollas.

14. Who shot Malcoum Tate?
(a) Andrew Solomon.
(b) Christopher Bollas.
(c) Kay Redfield.
(d) Lothell Tate.

15. When was the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 2646) passed?
(a) 2018.
(b) 2016.
(c) 2009.
(d) 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does the camp at Camp Wish last?

2. When did Emil Kraepelin pinpoint the disorder he called "dementia praecox"?

3. Who published the article in Newsweek titled "How Colleges Flunk Mental Health" in 2014?

4. When was Camp Wish established?

5. Where are the author's parents from?

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