SAMHSA FINAL EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants - ✔✔Establish and
strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies; as
well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community
coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth
Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among
adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance
abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse
✔✔Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) - ✔✔help providers
in primary care and other health care settings to assess the severity of substance use,
depression, and other behavioral health issues, and identify the appropriate level of
treatment. Referral to treatment is a critical yet often overlooked component of the
SBIRT process. It involves establishing a clear method of follow-up with patients
identified as having a possible addiction or in need of specialized treatment for a mental
health condition. It also involves helping patients overcome any economic,
transportation, or other barriers to treatment.
✔✔four major dimensions that support a life in recovery - ✔✔health, home, purpose,
community
✔✔Recovery Support Strategic Initiative - ✔✔promote partnering with people in
recovery from mental and substance use disorders and their family members to guide
the behavioral health system and promote individual, program, and system-level
approaches that foster health and resilience (including helping individuals with
behavioral health needs be well, manage symptoms, and achieve and maintain
abstinence); increase housing to support recovery; reduce barriers to employment,
education, and other life goals; and secure necessary social supports in their chosen
community.
✔✔Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) - ✔✔provides
formula grants to the states and territories to support community-based outreach,
linkages to mental health and substance abuse treatment, case management, and other
support services to individuals who are experiencing homelessness, or at imminent risk
of homelessness, and who have serious mental illnesses, with or without co-occurring
substance use disorders.
✔✔SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) - ✔✔increases access to Social
Security disability benefits for people with behavioral health issues experiencing or at
risk of homelessness.
✔✔Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI) - ✔✔help people
with behavioral health issues find housing and supportive services.
, ✔✔Transforming Lives through Supported Employment grants - ✔✔enhance state and
community capacity to provide and expand evidence-based, supported employment
programs to adults with serious mental illnesses, including people with co-occurring
mental and substance use disorders.
✔✔Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS
TACS) - ✔✔supports peer-run organizations and recovery community organizations in
their efforts to promote recovery and improve collaboration. BRSS TACS major
activities include:
Awarding subcontracts on a competitive basis to support peer-run organizations,
recovery community organizations, states, territories, and tribes in their efforts to
promote recovery and improve collaboration across stakeholders
Conducting expert panels in key areas of interest to share knowledge, point to gaps in
understanding, and develop recommendations for future activities to promote recovery
supports
Providing training and technical assistance through telephone consultations, email
resources, peer learning, webcasts, distance learning, and knowledge products
Developing resources, including webinars, online learning tools, and a Recovery
Resource Library
✔✔wellness - ✔✔not as the absence of disease, illness, or stress but the presence of
purpose in life, active involvement in satisfying work and play, joyful relationships, a
healthy body and living environment, and happiness.
✔✔ - ✔✔individuals with mental disorders died an average of 8.2 years younger than
the rest of the population
✔✔ - ✔✔among individuals with serious mental illnesses, 95.4% of deaths were caused
by medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease (33.9%), cancer (21%), and
pulmonary disease (13.5%).
✔✔Wellness Initiative - ✔✔promotes wellness for people with mental health and
substance use conditions. The aim is to inspire individuals, families, behavioral health
and primary care providers, as well as peer-run, faith-based, and other community
organizations to improve health behaviors.
✔✔8 Dimensions of Wellness - ✔✔Emotional, Environmental, Financial, Intellectual,
Occupational, Physical, Social, Spiritual
✔✔National Wellness Week - ✔✔Sept 10-16
ANSWERS GUARANTEE A+
✔✔Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants - ✔✔Establish and
strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies; as
well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community
coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth
Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among
adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance
abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse
✔✔Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) - ✔✔help providers
in primary care and other health care settings to assess the severity of substance use,
depression, and other behavioral health issues, and identify the appropriate level of
treatment. Referral to treatment is a critical yet often overlooked component of the
SBIRT process. It involves establishing a clear method of follow-up with patients
identified as having a possible addiction or in need of specialized treatment for a mental
health condition. It also involves helping patients overcome any economic,
transportation, or other barriers to treatment.
✔✔four major dimensions that support a life in recovery - ✔✔health, home, purpose,
community
✔✔Recovery Support Strategic Initiative - ✔✔promote partnering with people in
recovery from mental and substance use disorders and their family members to guide
the behavioral health system and promote individual, program, and system-level
approaches that foster health and resilience (including helping individuals with
behavioral health needs be well, manage symptoms, and achieve and maintain
abstinence); increase housing to support recovery; reduce barriers to employment,
education, and other life goals; and secure necessary social supports in their chosen
community.
✔✔Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) - ✔✔provides
formula grants to the states and territories to support community-based outreach,
linkages to mental health and substance abuse treatment, case management, and other
support services to individuals who are experiencing homelessness, or at imminent risk
of homelessness, and who have serious mental illnesses, with or without co-occurring
substance use disorders.
✔✔SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR) - ✔✔increases access to Social
Security disability benefits for people with behavioral health issues experiencing or at
risk of homelessness.
✔✔Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI) - ✔✔help people
with behavioral health issues find housing and supportive services.
, ✔✔Transforming Lives through Supported Employment grants - ✔✔enhance state and
community capacity to provide and expand evidence-based, supported employment
programs to adults with serious mental illnesses, including people with co-occurring
mental and substance use disorders.
✔✔Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS
TACS) - ✔✔supports peer-run organizations and recovery community organizations in
their efforts to promote recovery and improve collaboration. BRSS TACS major
activities include:
Awarding subcontracts on a competitive basis to support peer-run organizations,
recovery community organizations, states, territories, and tribes in their efforts to
promote recovery and improve collaboration across stakeholders
Conducting expert panels in key areas of interest to share knowledge, point to gaps in
understanding, and develop recommendations for future activities to promote recovery
supports
Providing training and technical assistance through telephone consultations, email
resources, peer learning, webcasts, distance learning, and knowledge products
Developing resources, including webinars, online learning tools, and a Recovery
Resource Library
✔✔wellness - ✔✔not as the absence of disease, illness, or stress but the presence of
purpose in life, active involvement in satisfying work and play, joyful relationships, a
healthy body and living environment, and happiness.
✔✔ - ✔✔individuals with mental disorders died an average of 8.2 years younger than
the rest of the population
✔✔ - ✔✔among individuals with serious mental illnesses, 95.4% of deaths were caused
by medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease (33.9%), cancer (21%), and
pulmonary disease (13.5%).
✔✔Wellness Initiative - ✔✔promotes wellness for people with mental health and
substance use conditions. The aim is to inspire individuals, families, behavioral health
and primary care providers, as well as peer-run, faith-based, and other community
organizations to improve health behaviors.
✔✔8 Dimensions of Wellness - ✔✔Emotional, Environmental, Financial, Intellectual,
Occupational, Physical, Social, Spiritual
✔✔National Wellness Week - ✔✔Sept 10-16
