1) Identify and describe the four main characteristics present in most substance use disorders.

2) Imagine you are a therapist and you are treating a patient with a borderline personality disorder. Describe the person's behaviors and problems, which must reflect borderline features/symptoms.  Explain what treatment approach(s) you will use.

3) You are treating a child with ADHD.  First define and explain what attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is.  Create a case brief case study of a 4th grader who is having problems in school.  Describe symptoms and features of ADHD and explain what treatment(s) approach you will use to treat your client.

4) All practitioners in the mental health profession are bound by ethical standards when treating patients.  Imagine you are a therapist and you are seeing a patient who has disclosed many personal information.  Create a case study to illustrate how you will apply ethical principles such as confidentiality, record keeping, therapist-client boundaries, Bill of rights, rights to treatment, consent to treatment, termination of therapy and etc.