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SECTION 1 - TEST CONSTRUCTION THE EXAM What The Exam Measures Exam Scoring Rating Scale Changing Answers And Going Back To Pass The Exam You Will Need To Apply Your Skills In Root Assumptions Of The Examination Principles For Choosing Items In Simulations PROCESS FOR TAKING THE EXAM Remember The Following Considerations Presenting Information Overall Construct Of The Exam Effective Treatment Planning HOW TO APPROACH THE SIMULATION PRESENTED Symptoms Displayed By The Client Client Roles What Level Of Functioning Is Displayed? Low, Moderate, High? Overlying Principles For Uncovering Items Just As A Reminder: Keep In Mind When Taking The Exam...

SECTION 2: EXAM CONTENT POSSIBLE CONTENT AREAS OF EXAM - SUMMARY 01 Content Area: Diagnosis 02 Content Area: Intake Evaluation 03 Content Area: Mental Status Examination 04 Content Area: Second Session 05 Content Area: Short-Term Objectives 06 Content Area: Collaborative Treatment Plan 07 Content Area: Coordinate Other Service Providers 08 Content Area: Treatment Methods 09 Content Area: Assessment Instruments 10 Content Area: Treatment Modalities 11 Content Area: Monitoring Client’s Progress During Session 12 Content Area: What Referral Would Be Most Indicated? 13 Content Area: Post Treatment Recommendations 14 Content Area: Outcomes 15 Content Area: Ethics

SECTION 3 – DAY OF THE EXAM 1. Wake Up, Get Out Of Bed, Drag A Comb Across Your Head 2. Remember To Abide By The Ethics Code 3. What To Bring To The Examination 4. ARRIVE EARLY For The Exam 5. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! 6. Listen Up 7. Electronic And Non-Electronic Exams - Do The Following: 8. Start To Answer The Questions 9. Marking Your Answers 10. Changing Your Answers 11. About The Simulations 12. Maintain The Status Quo 13. Types Of Questions 14. Put Your Clinical Experience Aside 15. Stress And Anxiety 16. Don't Be A Fool, Don't Try To Be Cool!! 17. That's A Wrap 18. Take A Few Days Off (Ok, Maybe The Weekend Then)

SECTION 4 – SCHOOLS OF PSYCHOTHERAPY BEHAVIORAL THERAPY COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY MODELS Reality Therapy BRIEF THERAPY EXISTENTIAL – LOGOTHERAPY FAMILY THERAPY MODELS HUMANISTIC THERAPY Person-Centered Therapy Gestalt Therapy MULTIMODAL THERAPY (BASIC I.D.) NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING (NLP) PSYCHOANALYTIC AND PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORIES AND MODELS RATIONAL EMOTIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPY

SECTION 5 - DSM OVERVIEW AXIS I: CLINICAL DISORDERS Symptom Clusters The 9 Key Categories of Symptoms Key Symptom Words Key Duration Words Key Intensity Words AXIS II: PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND MENTAL RETARDATION AXIS III: GENERAL MEDICAL CONDITIONS AXIS IV: PSYCHOSOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS Top Ten Perceived Stressors Stressors In Order Of Intensity Groupings Of Stressors AXIS V: FUNCTIONING OF THE CLIENT - GAF SCORE SUMMARY AXIS I: Identify The Disorder AXIS II: Determine The Presence Of Personality Disorder Or Mental Retardation AXIS III: Assess The Medical Condition AXIS IV: Consider The Presence Of Stressors AXIS V: Level Of Functioning Must Be Determined (GAF)

SECTION 6 – THE DSM AND MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM) AXIS I: CLINICAL DISORDERS DISORDERS COMMONLY DIAGNOSED IN INFANCY, CHILDHOOD OR ADOLESCENCE Pervasive Developmental Disorders Autism Rett's Disorder Asperger's Disorder Feeding And Eating Disorders Of Infancy Or Early Childhood Pica Tic Disorders Tourette's Disorder Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder Conduct Disorder Elimination Disorders Separation Anxiety Disorder Reactive Attachment Disorder DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA & AMNESTIC AND OTHER COGNITIVE DISORDERS Delirium Dementia Amnestic Disorder SUBSTANCE RELATED DISORDERS Drug Abuse And AIDS/HIV In Females SCHIZOPHRENIA AND OTHER PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS Schizophrenia Schizophreniform Disorder Delusional Disorder Brief Psychotic Disorder MOOD DISORDERS Depression Major Depressive Disorder Dysthymic Disorder Bipolar Disorders ANXIETY DISORDERS Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Panic Disorder Agoraphobia Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) SOMATOFORM DISORDERS FACTITIOUS DISORDERS DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS Dissociative Fugue SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITY DISORDERS Sexual Arousal Disorders Organismic Disorders Sexual Pain Disorders Paraphilias Gender Identity Disorders EATING DISORDERS Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia Nervosa SLEEP DISORDERS IMPULSE-CONTROL DISORDERS NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED Intermittent Explosive Disorder Kleptomania Pyromania Pathological Gambling Trichotillomania Impulse Control Disorder NOS AXIS II: PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND MENTAL RETARDATION Personality Disorders Cluster A Paranoid Personality Disorder Schizoid Personality Disorder Schizotypal Personality Disorder Cluster B Antisocial Personality Disorder Histrionic Personality Disorder Narcissistic Personality Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Cluster C Avoidant Personality Disorder Dependent Personality Disorder Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder Mental Retardation

SECTION 7 - TREATMENTS OUTCOME MEASURES: SHORT-TERM, INTERMEDIATE, LONG-TERM Short-Term Goals Intermediate Goals Long-Term Goals RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FUNCTION LEVEL AND GOALS SELECTING APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS Person-Centered Techniques Behavioral Therapy Existential Psychotherapy Gestalt Counseling Adlerian Psychotherapy Prolonged Psychoanalysis Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Psychodynamic Family Theory Murray Bowen: Family System Experiential Family - Satir, Whitaker Narrative Family - White & Epston Structural Family – Minuchin, Moreno Behavioral Family Strategic Family - Milton Erickson & Jay Haley NO TREATMENT TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Adjustment Disorders And V Codes Anxiety Disorders Mood Disorders Disorders Of Behavior And Impulse Control Disorders Combining Physical And Psychological Factors Personality Disorders Disorders Involving Loss Of Contact With Reality Sexual Disorders Treatment Of Children Treatment Of Adolescents Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Oppositional Defiant Disorder And Conduct Disorder Elimination Disorders Modalities (Numbers): Individual, Group Or Family

SECTION 8 – MENTAL STATUS EXAM COMPONENTS OF THE INITIAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW MSE - Attention, Concentration And Memory MSE - Consciousness, Speech, Mood And Affect MSE - Orientation And Intellectual Ability Schizophrenia And The Mental Status Exam

SECTION 9 – ASSESSMENT TOOLS WHAT ARE ASSESSMENT TOOLS? ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR CHILDREN USING THE MENTAL STATUS EXAM IN ASSESSMENT USING THE BRIEF INTAKE INTERVIEW IN ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT TOOLS Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS) Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, Second Edition (Bender-Gestalt II) Brief Psychotic Rating Scale (BPRS) Brigance Comprehensive Inventory Of Basic Skills-Revised (CIBS-R) Brigance Life Skills Inventory (LSI) Brigance Inventory Of Essential Skills (IES) CAGE Questionnaire California Psychological Inventory (CPI) Carroll Depression Scale (CDS-R) Carrow Elicited Language Inventory (CELI) Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL/1½-5/LDS) (CBCL/6-18) Child Language Intervention Program (CLIP) The Children’s Apperception Test (C.A.T.) Columbia Mental Maturity Scale (CMMS) Covi Anxiety Scale Detroit Tests Of Learning Aptitude-Primary, Third Edition (DTLA-P-3) Detroit Tests Of Learning Aptitude, 4th Edition (DTLA-4) Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST) Eating Disorder Inventory-3 (EDI-3) Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test Of Auditory Discrimination Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAS or HAM-A) Hamilton Depression Scale (HDS or HAM-D) House-Tree-Person Interrogation Form IPAT Depression Scale Kaufman Assessment Battery For Children, 2nd Edition (KABC-II) Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) Michigan Alcohol Screening Test, Revised (MAST) Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory (MAPI) Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescents (MMPI-A) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Peabody Individual Achievement Test-Revised-Normative update Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Fourth Edition (PPVT-4) Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) Psychological Screening Inventory (PSI) Rorschach Psychodiagnostic Test Sequenced Inventory Of Communication Development-Revised Edition Sixteen Personality Factor, Fifth Edition (16PF) Slosson Intelligence Test - Revised For Children and Adults (SIT-R3) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales, Fifth Edition (SB5) State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) System Of Multi Pluralistic Assessment (SOMPA) Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, 2nd Edition (TSCS:2) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Second Edition (Vineland-II) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) Wechsler Intelligence Scale For Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Third Edition Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT-4) Wonderlic Personnel Test-Revised (WPT-R) Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale

SECTION 10 – GROUPS WORKING WITH GROUPS Types Of Therapeutic Groups Uniqueness Of Group Therapy GROUP PROCESS Group Client Screening The Interview Preparing The Client For Group Group Dynamics Basic Tasks Of A Group Leader Group Stages Group Norms Examples Of Therapeutic Group Norms GROUP THERAPY TECHNIQUES Behavior Existential Gestalt Psychoanalytic Psychodrama Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy Transactional Analysis (TA) GROUP PROCESSING Recognize Behavioral Patterns In Social Microcosm Roles Of Clients In A Group Factors That Effect Group Dynamics And Function TRANSFERENCE, COUNTERTRANSFERENCE AND TRANSPARENCY Transference Countertransference Transparency COHESIVENESS

SECTION 11: DIVERSITY CULTURAL DIVERSITY GENERAL INFORMATION MULTICULTURAL FAMILY MULTI-CULTURAL COUNSELING RELEVANT PROCESSES AND GOALS IN CROSS-CULTURAL COUNSELING AFRICAN AMERICANS Counseling African Americans Education Of African Americans African American Youth African American Family Characteristics Family Therapy With African Americans African American Barriers ASIAN AMERICANS Facts Of Asian American Society Value Conflicts In Counseling Asian Americans Working With Asian Americans Special Problems Of U.S. Born Asian Americans HISPANIC AMERICANS Counseling Hispanic Americans Hispanic Family And Values Hispanic Counseling Considerations, Strategies And Modalities Hispanic Sex Role Conflicts NATIVE AMERICANS Native American Values Native American: The Tribe Native American - Family Characteristics SEXUAL OR GENDER ORIENTATION ELDERLY AND DISABLED Elderly Disabled Client

SECTION 12 - ETHICS ETHICAL CODES Malpractice Claims Statutes, Case Law And Regulations Informed Consent FEES CONFIDENTIALITY MULTIPLE CLIENTS ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS WITH CULTURALLY DIFFERENT CLIENTS DUAL RELATIONSHIPS SEX WITH CLIENTS TERMINATION

SECTION 13 - ADJUNCT SERVICES ADJUNCT AND SUPPORTIVE GROUPS HEALTHCARE INSURANCES Healthcare System Medicare Medicaid Bad-Faith Claims

SECTION 14 - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR COMMUNITY SYSTEMS CRISIS INTERVENTION MODELS DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES IMPORTANCE OF BIRTH ORDER - ALFRED ADLER ATTACHMENT THEORY OBJECT-RELATIONS THEORY Stages Of Development - Margaret Mahler HIERARCHY OF NEEDS - ABRAHAM MASLOW STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT - JEAN PIAGET FREUD’S PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT ERIKSON’S EIGHT STAGES OF MATURATION Comparison Of Systems: Freud vs. Erikson PERSONALITY THEORY AND TRAIT THEORIES STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT - LAWRENCE KOHLBERG SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY - ALBERT BANDURA LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Linguistic Relativity - Benjamin Whorf MEMORY GROWTH AND MATURATION IDENTITY ISSUES IN ADOLESCENTS PARENTING STYLES - DIANA BAUMRIND PEER RELATIONSHIPS SIBLING RELATIONSHIPS HISTORICAL TRAUMA COUPLE REACTIONS TO ANTICIPATORY TRAUMA PHYSICAL/EMOTIONAL ABUSE Risk Factors And Relational Patterns Of Endangerment ABUSIVE BEHAVIORS Child Abuse Recognizing Signs Of Abuse Spousal Abuse Cycle Of Abuse Sexual Abuse Treatment For Victims, Perpetrators And Their Families FUNCTIONAL FAMILY THERAPY FAMILY THERAPY FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION DIVORCE Dealing With Clients During Child Custody ADOPTION THE IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS ON FAMILY SYSTEMS Family Therapy For Childhood And Adolescent Disorders Family Therapy For Eating Disorders DEATH AND DYING - ELISABETH KÜBLER-ROSS Kübler-Ross’s 5 Stages Of Grief (Mnemonic: DAB-DA): Family Therapy For Bereavement Grief And Loss - Couples INFERTILITY INFIDELITY SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STI) HIV And AIDS