10 Fundamental Components Of Recovery (SAMHSA) –
Questions & Answers
Cultural-Centered approach Correct Ans - seek to understand the
person in recovery in their cultural context, begins with the culture of
origin of the person and their individual lens
a. As they begin to experience themselves as a "person in recovery" rather
than as a "person with a mental illness"
b. One's worldview
Self-Direction Correct Ans - the individual cultural context provides
the frame in which individuals optimize their autonomy, independence, and
control of resources to achieve a self-determined life—designs their own
life goals and unique path
Individual and Person-Centered: Correct Ans - Culture is center not
peripheral to recovery the family unit and community play crucial roles in
mediating cultural norms and values of the individual's recovery
Empowerment Correct Ans - ...Empowerment: People need to have
a sense of their own capability, their own power. Their hope is on things
they can do rather than new cures or fixes someone else will discover. It
takes someone to believe in them. Start focusing on strengths rather than
losses, it takes some experience with success to really believe one can be
successful
Holistic Correct Ans - Recovery encompasses an individual's whole
life including mind, body, spirit and community within their cultural
expectations as to what constitutes wholeness and wellness i.e,
employment, housing, education, etc
Non-linear Correct Ans - recovery is not s step by step process but
one based on continual growth, occasional setbacks and learning from
experience
Strengths based Correct Ans - recovery focuses on valuing and
building on the multiple capacities, resilience, talents, coping abilities, and
inherent worth of individuals
Questions & Answers
Cultural-Centered approach Correct Ans - seek to understand the
person in recovery in their cultural context, begins with the culture of
origin of the person and their individual lens
a. As they begin to experience themselves as a "person in recovery" rather
than as a "person with a mental illness"
b. One's worldview
Self-Direction Correct Ans - the individual cultural context provides
the frame in which individuals optimize their autonomy, independence, and
control of resources to achieve a self-determined life—designs their own
life goals and unique path
Individual and Person-Centered: Correct Ans - Culture is center not
peripheral to recovery the family unit and community play crucial roles in
mediating cultural norms and values of the individual's recovery
Empowerment Correct Ans - ...Empowerment: People need to have
a sense of their own capability, their own power. Their hope is on things
they can do rather than new cures or fixes someone else will discover. It
takes someone to believe in them. Start focusing on strengths rather than
losses, it takes some experience with success to really believe one can be
successful
Holistic Correct Ans - Recovery encompasses an individual's whole
life including mind, body, spirit and community within their cultural
expectations as to what constitutes wholeness and wellness i.e,
employment, housing, education, etc
Non-linear Correct Ans - recovery is not s step by step process but
one based on continual growth, occasional setbacks and learning from
experience
Strengths based Correct Ans - recovery focuses on valuing and
building on the multiple capacities, resilience, talents, coping abilities, and
inherent worth of individuals
