PSS # 1 (questions and answers)
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NAMI - correct answer ✔✔National Alliance on Mental Illness
About NAMI
California - correct answer ✔✔-Part of the Nation's largest grassroots
mental health organization
• Founded by 3 parents in the late
1970's
• 62 Affiliates in CA
Not Alone - correct answer ✔✔MIllions of people are affected by menatl illness each year.
Across the country, many people just like you work, perform, create, compete, laugh, love and
inspire every day.
-1/5 US adults-1/25 serious Mi-17% of youth
here are 265 Mental Health
Diagnosis in the DSM V. - correct answer ✔✔-Major Depressive Disorder
• Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective & Other Psychotic Spectrum Disorders
• Bipolar Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Borderline Personality Disorder
, • Anxiety
Impacts & Effects of Mental Health Challenges - correct answer ✔✔Isolation Blame Rejection
Fear Denial Frustration Guilt Shame Loneliness
Victimization
Fear
Fear
Abuse
Abandonment
California Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist
Certification Program Overview - correct answer ✔✔he California Mental Health Services
Authority (CalMHSA) is
the certifying entity, responsible for the certification,
examination, and enforcement of professional standards for
Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialists in California. All applicants
seeking certification are required to successfully pass an exam
ensuring any individual holding a certification has met the
minimum educational requirements.
California State Certification
Legislation Timeline - correct answer ✔✔-SB 614, 2015
-SB 906,2017
-SB 10, 2018
-SB 803, 2020
Role of the peer, Role of the family member - correct answer ✔✔Peers
updated already passed
NAMI - correct answer ✔✔National Alliance on Mental Illness
About NAMI
California - correct answer ✔✔-Part of the Nation's largest grassroots
mental health organization
• Founded by 3 parents in the late
1970's
• 62 Affiliates in CA
Not Alone - correct answer ✔✔MIllions of people are affected by menatl illness each year.
Across the country, many people just like you work, perform, create, compete, laugh, love and
inspire every day.
-1/5 US adults-1/25 serious Mi-17% of youth
here are 265 Mental Health
Diagnosis in the DSM V. - correct answer ✔✔-Major Depressive Disorder
• Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective & Other Psychotic Spectrum Disorders
• Bipolar Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Panic Disorder
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Borderline Personality Disorder
, • Anxiety
Impacts & Effects of Mental Health Challenges - correct answer ✔✔Isolation Blame Rejection
Fear Denial Frustration Guilt Shame Loneliness
Victimization
Fear
Fear
Abuse
Abandonment
California Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist
Certification Program Overview - correct answer ✔✔he California Mental Health Services
Authority (CalMHSA) is
the certifying entity, responsible for the certification,
examination, and enforcement of professional standards for
Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialists in California. All applicants
seeking certification are required to successfully pass an exam
ensuring any individual holding a certification has met the
minimum educational requirements.
California State Certification
Legislation Timeline - correct answer ✔✔-SB 614, 2015
-SB 906,2017
-SB 10, 2018
-SB 803, 2020
Role of the peer, Role of the family member - correct answer ✔✔Peers
