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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. When did the author first work for Camp Wish?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2001.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2007.

4. When was the College of William and Mary established?
(a) 1693.
(b) 1823.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1754.

5. When was Malcoum Tate diagnosed with schizophrenia?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the author experience her first auditory hallucination?

2. Who wrote the memoir Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things?

3. What does "NAMI" stand for?

4. Who is NAMI's director of education, training, and peer support center that is quoted by the author in "Toward a Pathology of the Possessed" (34)?

5. What term refers to a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend or family member has been replaced by an identical impostor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusions did the author reach regarding the choice to have children or not? Why?

2. What book did the author's therapist recommend to her when she was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder? Why?

3. What is the DSM and why is it important?

4. How does the author describe schizoaffective disorder?

5. How did the author's mother regard the instances of mental health problems in her family?

6. What percentage of the American adult population are afflicted by the various schizophrenias?

7. Why does the author support diagnosis in mental illness?

8. What is the California Assembly Bill No. 1421? Why is it significant?

9. What are the criteria for a diagnosis of schizophrenia?

10. Why does the author go into detail about her appearance and attire in "High-Functioning"?

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