1 Which of Jamison's parents also dealt with manic-depressive illness? Her father Neither Her mother Both 2 How old is Jamison when she attempts to commit suicide? 18 22 28 35 3 Which of the following medications does Jamison take? Lithium Lambotrigine Bupropin Citalopram 4 Which of the following institutions did Jamison study at? UCLA NYU Harvard Johns Hopkins 5 Where does the adult Jamison currently teach? Johns Hopkins University St. Andrews Harvard Oxford 6 What of the following is a characteristic of mania? Decreased spending Apathy Increased sociability Decreased sex drive 7 What of the following is a characteristic of depression? Strong Emotions Increased sociability Exhaustion Increased Energy 8 Which of the following side effects did Jamison experience from her medication? Decreased appetite Difficulty reading Hair Loss Vertigo 9 How many sisters did Jamison have? Two Three Four One 10 How many immediate family members of Jamison's suffer from manic-depression? four two one three 11 Why did Jamison and her sister grow apart? Jamison's sister died Jamison's sister did not like her spouse Jamison's sister could not empathize with mood swings Jamison's sister was against the use of lithium 12 What did love provide Jamison in her life? Distraction and Stability Hope and Excitement Stability and Hope Excitement and Distraction 13 Whose non-acceptance of her illness hurt Jamison the most? Her ex-lover, David Her colleague, Mouseheart Her own Her mother 14 What did Jamison study? Clinical psychology Animal Behavior Psychiatry Medicine 15 Where did Jamison live as a child? Washington DC California Tokyo All of the Above 16 How does Jamison react to being a patient at first? With discomfort Easily Happily Angrily 17 What was Jamison's relationship to her medicine? She resented the side effects She didn't believe she needed it She hated the taste She complied easily 18 Of the following, who was most important in Jamison's path to recovery? Her first husband Her sister Her father Her mother 19 What is the difference between manic-depressive illness and bipolar depression? Only manic-depressives experience mania One involves alternate personalities Only in terminology—they are the same One involves cycling between extreme highs and lows 20 How does Jamison try to kill herself? Starvation Jumping out a window Lithium overdose She doesn't 21 Which of the following famous scientists did Jamison work with? Rosalind Franklin Gregor Mendel James Watson Francis Crick 22 What happened to David? She broke up with him because she could not handle the long distance He broke up with her because he could not handle her illness He died while on duty in the army He died of a heart attack 23 How did Jamison's experience as a patient affect her performance as a clinical psychologist? It caused her to be a worse clinician It caused her to have more empathy for the experience of patients It caused her to lose objectivity It had no effect on her professional side 24 Jamison describes the tribulations of a patient who refused to comply with his medication. What happened to him? He attacked her in an extreme fit of mania He killed himself He healed until he didn't need it any more He learned to comply with his medication 25 Are those suffering from manic-depressive illness always either manic or depressive? Yes, but they are mostly depressed Yes, but they are mostly manic No, they can have interludes of normal behavior No, they typically exist somewhere between the two
