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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. When was Malcoum Tate diagnosed with schizophrenia?

2. What does "MADD" stand for?

3. What sentence was delivered to the murderer of Malcoum Tate?

4. What does "NAMI" stand for?

5. What is the Russian word "gibel" synonymous with, according to the author in "Diagnosis" (3)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe schizoaffective disorder?

2. What is Camp Wish and how was the author involved with it?

3. How does the author describe her family history in regards to mental illness?

4. Who was John Nash and why is he mentioned in the book?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine and discuss the author's relationships with her parents and sibling growing up. Would you consider that they had healthy relationships? Why or why not? How, if at all, have those relationships changed in response to the author's diagnoses?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss Capgras delusion. What are the symptoms of this delusion? How has it affected the author of the book? What treatments can be employed to assist those with Capgras delusion?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss some of the limitations of Western Medicine that the author explores in the book. In what ways is psychiatry an imperfect science? How has it and how can it improve? What alternatives has the author turned to and why?

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