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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 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)?
2. According to the NIMH, what percent of the American population is diagnosed with schizotypal personality disorder?
3. The author asserts that while depression is often compared to diabetes, schizophrenia is compared to what disorder?
4. At what age did the author begin to read?
5. When was the Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act (HR 2646) passed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the first diagnosis the author received? How was she treated?
2. What is the California Assembly Bill No. 1421? Why is it significant?
3. What is Camp Wish and how was the author involved with it?
4. Why does the author support diagnosis in mental illness?
5. How does the author describe the boy called Stuart at Camp Wish?
6. What is the DSM and why is it important?
7. What conclusions did the author reach regarding the choice to have children or not? Why?
8. How is "the Shakespeare Lady" described?
9. How does the author describe her family history in regards to mental illness?
10. What is a "mixed episode"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define and discuss post-traumatic stress disorder. What are the symptoms of this disorder? How is it diagnosed? How is it treated? What is the prognosis for someone with PTSD? How has PTSD affected the author?
Essay Topic 2
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 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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