Psyche Quiz

The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health.

He proceeded to give an oral quiz to the freshman class.

Speaking specifically about manic depression, the instructor asked, “How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?”

A young man in the back of the classroom raised his hand and answered, “A basketball coach?”

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