CPRS CONT. II UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
From Stabilization and Maintenance - CORRECT ANSWER - To Recovery and
Resiliency
From Disease/Disability - CORRECT ANSWER - To Wellness/Strengths
From What's Wrong - CORRECT ANSWER - To What's Strong
From Staff-Driven - CORRECT ANSWER - To Client-Driven
From Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER - To Whole Health
From Social Separation - CORRECT ANSWER - To Social Integration
From Compliance to a Plan - CORRECT ANSWER - To Engagement in a Process
From Dependence - CORRECT ANSWER - To Interdependence
People cannot recover - CORRECT ANSWER - The belief in recovery prior to the 1980s
People can and do recover - CORRECT ANSWER - Around 1980, people began to
believe this about recovery
System can support recovery - CORRECT ANSWER - 2003, The President's New
Freedom Commission Report on Mental Health was issued, stating this.
,Recovery initiatives involve the whole process - CORRECT ANSWER - After 2006, the
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMPD) Medical Directors
Council recommended that states implement a standard set of health indicators to be recorded
and used for the clinical care of each person served.
The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMPD) issued a report
entitled Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness in 2006 stating this. -
CORRECT ANSWER - People with serious mental illness served by the public mental
health system die, on average, 25 years earlier than the general population.
Dr. William Anthony - CORRECT ANSWER - 3 things played a key role in enabling the
belief that people can and do recover: the writings of consumers moving on with their lives,
longitudinal research of people like Dr. Courtney Harding and the emergence of the philosophy
of psychosocial rehabilitation.
The decade of recovery, according to Dr. William Anthony - CORRECT ANSWER - The
90s
Statement from the President's New Freedom Commission Report on Mental Health -
CORRECT ANSWER - We envision a time when everyone diagnosed with a mental
illness will recover. [but there is work to be done!]
Stabilization and Maintenance Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER - More than likely an
illness would get progressively worse. The best you could expect was to get people stabilized
and then maintain them as best you could in supervised environments.
Stress Response - CORRECT ANSWER - Caused by internal, psychological threats, such
as difficult relationships, finances and workplace pressures that are continuous and builds up
excess energy in the body.
Relapse - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be precipitated by prolonged stress, both in mental
illness and addiction.
, Relaxation Response - CORRECT ANSWER - A physical state of deep rest that changes
the physical and emotional responses to stress and decreases heart rate, blood pressure, rate of
breathing and muscle tension, which can have lasting effects if practiced regularly.
Steps to Elicit the Relaxation Response - CORRECT ANSWER - Focus - Repetition of a
word, sound, phrase or muscular activity and Refocus - Passive disregard of everyday thoughts
that inevitably come to mind and the return to your repetition.
Programs Which Promote Stabilization and Maintenance - CORRECT ANSWER - TV,
table games, recreation, trips, outings and other 'low stress' activities
Programs Which Promote Recovery and Resiliency - CORRECT ANSWER - Training in
stress reduction and stress management skills, create opportunities for consumers to share their
success stories with one another and teach consumers problem-solving skills
Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Training Program - CORRECT ANSWER - Created in
response to CMS requirement that the system and the services it provided needed to be more
focused on helping people create a life of meaning and purpose.
An Estimated 12-15,000 Certified Peer Specialists Nationally - CORRECT ANSWER -
Able to bill Medicaid for services.
President Obama's August 2013 Request - CORRECT ANSWER - Train and hire 800 new
veteran peer specialists.
Georgia Peer Specialists - CORRECT ANSWER - Work on ACT (Assertive Community
Treatment) and CST (Community Support Treatment) Teams, outreach programs to people who
are homeless, helping people make the transition from jails, prisons, and mental hospitals to the
community and supporting your as they move from adolescence to young adulthood in Georgia.
The first Medicaid-Billable Peer Specialist's Certification Training Program - CORRECT
ANSWER - Held in Georgia in October 2001
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
From Stabilization and Maintenance - CORRECT ANSWER - To Recovery and
Resiliency
From Disease/Disability - CORRECT ANSWER - To Wellness/Strengths
From What's Wrong - CORRECT ANSWER - To What's Strong
From Staff-Driven - CORRECT ANSWER - To Client-Driven
From Mental Health - CORRECT ANSWER - To Whole Health
From Social Separation - CORRECT ANSWER - To Social Integration
From Compliance to a Plan - CORRECT ANSWER - To Engagement in a Process
From Dependence - CORRECT ANSWER - To Interdependence
People cannot recover - CORRECT ANSWER - The belief in recovery prior to the 1980s
People can and do recover - CORRECT ANSWER - Around 1980, people began to
believe this about recovery
System can support recovery - CORRECT ANSWER - 2003, The President's New
Freedom Commission Report on Mental Health was issued, stating this.
,Recovery initiatives involve the whole process - CORRECT ANSWER - After 2006, the
National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMPD) Medical Directors
Council recommended that states implement a standard set of health indicators to be recorded
and used for the clinical care of each person served.
The National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMPD) issued a report
entitled Morbidity and Mortality in People with Serious Mental Illness in 2006 stating this. -
CORRECT ANSWER - People with serious mental illness served by the public mental
health system die, on average, 25 years earlier than the general population.
Dr. William Anthony - CORRECT ANSWER - 3 things played a key role in enabling the
belief that people can and do recover: the writings of consumers moving on with their lives,
longitudinal research of people like Dr. Courtney Harding and the emergence of the philosophy
of psychosocial rehabilitation.
The decade of recovery, according to Dr. William Anthony - CORRECT ANSWER - The
90s
Statement from the President's New Freedom Commission Report on Mental Health -
CORRECT ANSWER - We envision a time when everyone diagnosed with a mental
illness will recover. [but there is work to be done!]
Stabilization and Maintenance Beliefs - CORRECT ANSWER - More than likely an
illness would get progressively worse. The best you could expect was to get people stabilized
and then maintain them as best you could in supervised environments.
Stress Response - CORRECT ANSWER - Caused by internal, psychological threats, such
as difficult relationships, finances and workplace pressures that are continuous and builds up
excess energy in the body.
Relapse - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be precipitated by prolonged stress, both in mental
illness and addiction.
, Relaxation Response - CORRECT ANSWER - A physical state of deep rest that changes
the physical and emotional responses to stress and decreases heart rate, blood pressure, rate of
breathing and muscle tension, which can have lasting effects if practiced regularly.
Steps to Elicit the Relaxation Response - CORRECT ANSWER - Focus - Repetition of a
word, sound, phrase or muscular activity and Refocus - Passive disregard of everyday thoughts
that inevitably come to mind and the return to your repetition.
Programs Which Promote Stabilization and Maintenance - CORRECT ANSWER - TV,
table games, recreation, trips, outings and other 'low stress' activities
Programs Which Promote Recovery and Resiliency - CORRECT ANSWER - Training in
stress reduction and stress management skills, create opportunities for consumers to share their
success stories with one another and teach consumers problem-solving skills
Georgia Certified Peer Specialist Training Program - CORRECT ANSWER - Created in
response to CMS requirement that the system and the services it provided needed to be more
focused on helping people create a life of meaning and purpose.
An Estimated 12-15,000 Certified Peer Specialists Nationally - CORRECT ANSWER -
Able to bill Medicaid for services.
President Obama's August 2013 Request - CORRECT ANSWER - Train and hire 800 new
veteran peer specialists.
Georgia Peer Specialists - CORRECT ANSWER - Work on ACT (Assertive Community
Treatment) and CST (Community Support Treatment) Teams, outreach programs to people who
are homeless, helping people make the transition from jails, prisons, and mental hospitals to the
community and supporting your as they move from adolescence to young adulthood in Georgia.
The first Medicaid-Billable Peer Specialist's Certification Training Program - CORRECT
ANSWER - Held in Georgia in October 2001
