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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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. Who shot Malcoum Tate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe schizoaffective disorder?

2. When was the term "schizophrenia" coined and what are its root words?

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

4. Why does the author discuss the film The Exorcist in the book?

5. What article from Newsweek by Katie J. M. Baker in 2014 is discussed in the book? What is the premise of this article?

6. What was the first diagnosis the author received? How was she treated?

7. What is a "mixed episode"?

8. How does the author describe the boy called Stuart at Camp Wish?

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

10. How does the author describe the different perceptions of depression and schizophrenia in the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the debate of involuntary institutionalization that is presented by the author in the book. What is the author's stance on involuntary hospitalization? What is your stance on this subject? Why do you feel this way?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the methods and means by which the author attempts to overcome her personal insecurities related to her schizoaffective disorder. How does her appearance come into play in this regard? What does she point out regarding her achievements? How does she relate herself to others with this disorder?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the story of the Slender Man and the Payton Leutner stabbing. Why does the author reference this story in the book? How does she relate to the stabbing and the obsession with Slender Man? What was the outcome of the trial?

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