Psychology 220
Exam 3 Review Sheet
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 (1st 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
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Duties and ethical responsibilities of clinicians: focus on guidelines 5 & 6 (duty to protect &
Tarasoff ruling, confidentiality)