Childhood Disorders: Chapter 14 & Lecture

· Symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, conduct disorder, and oppositional-defiant disorder

· Controversy surrounding potential over-diagnosis of ADHD

· Separation Anxiety disorder

· Pervasive developmental disorders: autism, Asperger’s

· Symptoms of, theories for, and treatment of autism

Eating Disorders: Chapter 9 & Lecture

· Weight set point, amenorrhea

· Anorexia nervosa, restricting type, binge-eating/purging type

· Bulimia nervosa, purging type, non-purging type

· Sociocultural, psychological, and biological factors associated with formation of eating disorders

· Components of psychotherapy for anorexia and bulimia and relative success rates of each

· Relative effectiveness of drug therapies with bulimia and anorexia

Sexual Disorders: Chapter 11 & Lecture

· Sexual dysfunction, performance anxiety, gender identity disorder/transexualism

· Four phases of sexual arousal

· Types and symptoms of sexual dysfunction disorders

· Types and symptoms of paraphilias and theories regarding their causes

Substance-Related Disorders: Chapter 10 & Lecture

· Substance, substance intoxication, substance withdrawal, substance abuse, substance dependence, tolerance

· Types of depressants: alcohol, benzodiazapines, barbiturates (Note that I put opioids in their own category below)

· Three stages of alcohol withdrawal and symptoms of each, delirium tremens (DTs)

· Symptoms of Korsakoff’s psychosis (In addition to chapter 10, see pages 450-451) & fetal alcohol syndrome

· Types of opioids: heroine, morphine, codeine, methadone

· Types of stimulants: cocaine, amphetamines, nicotine, caffeine

· Types of hallucinogens: LSD, MDMA

· Cannabis

· Various intoxication symptoms associated with each of the five broad types of drugs

· Treatment: detoxification (1^st step), antagonist drugs (naltrexone, Antabuse), methadone as a treatment for heroine abuse/dependence, aversion therapy, covert sensitization therapy

· Relapse prevention training and behavioral self-control training

· Alcoholics Anonymous

Law, Society, and the Mental Health Profession: Chapter 16 & Lecture

· Competency, insanity

· Different criteria for the insanity defense: M’Naughten, Irresistible Impulse, Durham, ALI, and the APA definition (Insanity Defense Reform Act)

· Guilty but mentally ill verdict

· The one criterion for involuntary commitment prior to 1969

· Three criteria considered for involuntary commitment after 1969

· Civil rights: right to treatment, right to refuse treatment

· Initial goals and outcomes of deinstitutionalization

· Duties and ethical responsibilities of clinicians: focus on guidelines 5 & 6 (duty to protect & Tarasoff ruling, confidentiality)