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Certified Peer Support Worker Certification
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
CPSW program can:
Ans: prepare peers for employment and volunteer roles in NM via training and
certification after successful completion
CPSW program cannot:
Ans: guarantee the individual skills and competencies of the trainees or employment
as a peer following the training
Qualifications for training
Ans: 18 years old, high school diploma or GED
self-attest to being in recovery from mental health disorder and/or SUD
provide proof of sustained recovery of at least three years from mental health
professional/sponsor/doctor
Role of CPSW
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Ans: a)provide peer clients with support in steps of their choosing to obtain and
maintain their recovery
b)provide resources at the national and local level for services such as harm reduction,
mental/bx health, housing, employment, etc.
c)continuing own education via CEUs to remain current and informed about potential
barriers and cultural aspects that clients may encounter on their journey
Recertification Requirements
Ans: 40 hours of CEUs over two years with six units being related to ethics and cultural
competency
SAMHSA definition of recovery
Ans: Recovery is a process of change through which individuals improve their health
and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.
Employer Expectations of CPSWs
Ans: a)utilize lived experience to work with peer clients in a way that promotes
empathy connection and guidance
b)knowledge of stages of change/resiliency as well as local and national resources
available to clients c)display professionalism and team work
d)practice self care to maintain their own recovery
serious mental illness
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Ans: Occurs at any time during the last year having a diagnosable, mental, behavioral,
or emotional disorder that causes functional impairment that interferes with at least
one major life event
mental health disorder
Ans: a disturbance in the ability to cope with or adjust to stress; behavior and function
are impaired; mental illness, psychiatric disorder
Schizophrenia
Ans: a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking,
disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
bipolar disorder
Ans: A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and
lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.
Anxiety
Ans: The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen, increased
levels of the body's natural stress response, most common mental illness in the US
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Ans: An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsession)
and/ or actions (compulsions).
Depression
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Ans: A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness
eating disorders
Ans: extreme, harmful eating behaviors that can cause serious illness or even death
Mental Health First Aid
Ans: help offered to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a
mental health crisis
Crisis Behavior
Ans: a person suffering from a temporary breakdown in coping skills that includes
perception, decision-making ability, and problem solving ability is experiencing crisis
behavior.
The top two reasons people don't seek treatment in NM
Ans: 47.5% can't afford it, 28% think they can do it on their own
addiction
Ans: brain disorder characterized by compuslive bx (can be the form of substances but
also applies to things like gambling, sex, food etc.) that continues over a significant
period of time despite harmful effects on the sufferer's personal, professional, financial
or other aspects of life
Characteristics of addiction
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Certified Peer Support Worker Certification
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
CPSW program can:
Ans: prepare peers for employment and volunteer roles in NM via training and
certification after successful completion
CPSW program cannot:
Ans: guarantee the individual skills and competencies of the trainees or employment
as a peer following the training
Qualifications for training
Ans: 18 years old, high school diploma or GED
self-attest to being in recovery from mental health disorder and/or SUD
provide proof of sustained recovery of at least three years from mental health
professional/sponsor/doctor
Role of CPSW
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Ans: a)provide peer clients with support in steps of their choosing to obtain and
maintain their recovery
b)provide resources at the national and local level for services such as harm reduction,
mental/bx health, housing, employment, etc.
c)continuing own education via CEUs to remain current and informed about potential
barriers and cultural aspects that clients may encounter on their journey
Recertification Requirements
Ans: 40 hours of CEUs over two years with six units being related to ethics and cultural
competency
SAMHSA definition of recovery
Ans: Recovery is a process of change through which individuals improve their health
and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential.
Employer Expectations of CPSWs
Ans: a)utilize lived experience to work with peer clients in a way that promotes
empathy connection and guidance
b)knowledge of stages of change/resiliency as well as local and national resources
available to clients c)display professionalism and team work
d)practice self care to maintain their own recovery
serious mental illness
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Ans: Occurs at any time during the last year having a diagnosable, mental, behavioral,
or emotional disorder that causes functional impairment that interferes with at least
one major life event
mental health disorder
Ans: a disturbance in the ability to cope with or adjust to stress; behavior and function
are impaired; mental illness, psychiatric disorder
Schizophrenia
Ans: a group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking,
disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions
bipolar disorder
Ans: A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and
lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania.
Anxiety
Ans: The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen, increased
levels of the body's natural stress response, most common mental illness in the US
obsessive-compulsive disorder
Ans: An anxiety disorder characterized by unwanted repetitive thoughts (obsession)
and/ or actions (compulsions).
Depression
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Ans: A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness
eating disorders
Ans: extreme, harmful eating behaviors that can cause serious illness or even death
Mental Health First Aid
Ans: help offered to a person developing a mental health problem or experiencing a
mental health crisis
Crisis Behavior
Ans: a person suffering from a temporary breakdown in coping skills that includes
perception, decision-making ability, and problem solving ability is experiencing crisis
behavior.
The top two reasons people don't seek treatment in NM
Ans: 47.5% can't afford it, 28% think they can do it on their own
addiction
Ans: brain disorder characterized by compuslive bx (can be the form of substances but
also applies to things like gambling, sex, food etc.) that continues over a significant
period of time despite harmful effects on the sufferer's personal, professional, financial
or other aspects of life
Characteristics of addiction
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