A 35-Year-Old Individual Named Manny Has Recently Formulated an Elaborate

question 100

Multiple Choice

A 35-year-old individual named Manny has recently formulated an elaborate plan to cure AIDS with vitamin therapy. To provide funding for this cause, he has withdrawn all the money from his bank account and purchased thousands of jars of vitamins and small boxes in which to put them. When he appeared at a hospital emergency room loudly demanding names of patients with AIDS, he himself was hospitalized for psychiatric observation. What is your diagnosis of Manny?

• A) Major depressive episode
• B) Hypomanic episode
• C) Manic episode
• D) Postpartum psychosis

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Definitions:

Major Organic Product

The primary chemical compound formed in the largest quantity from an organic reaction.

Leaving Group

An atom or group of atoms that detaches from the parent molecule in a chemical reaction, often helping to facilitate the reaction.

Polarizable

Refers to the ability of a molecule or atom to undergo distortion of its electron cloud in response to an external electric field, affecting its physical and chemical properties.

Electronegativity

A chemical property that describes the ability of an atom to attract electrons towards itself in a chemical bond.