MHACBO - QMHA 1 EXAM WITH ANSWERS

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What is a QMHA? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Qualified Mental
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Health Associates (QMHAs) work within state certfied mental
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health programs, assistng mental health professionals, Licensed
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Clinical Psychologists, and Psychiatrists.
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What do QMHA's do? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔QMHA's
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communicate with clients receiving mental health services, assist
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in gathering information for evaluations, help clients reach
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mental health goals and report back to professionals, assist them
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in overcoming barriers to participation, instruct in various living
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skills, provide navigation, and do safety checks.
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Whats required to be a QMHA-I? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A
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bachelors degree in behavioral science, or a combination of three
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years of education and relevant behavioral health occupational
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experience. Obtain an initial competency assessment from a
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qualified supervisor at a state certified mental health agency.
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What are the QMHA Domains? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1.
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Clinical Competency |\




2. Professional Responsibility
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3. Safety
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4. Administrative Responsibility
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, What are the 11 tasks of clinical competency - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔1. Engaging Clients |\ |\ |\ |\




2. Orienting Clients
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3. Collecting information for assessments
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4. Supporting Clients
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5. Monitoring, Observing and reporting
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6. Teaching basic and community living skills
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7. Resource referral
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8. Implementing Interventions
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9. Enhancing clients participation
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10. Assisting with activities of daily living
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11. Facilitating family involvement
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What is motivational interviewing? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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Identifying ambivalence |\ |\




- Focusing communication on the part of the person that wants to
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change
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- Change Talk
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What is the 3rd most needed training for QMHA's? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Motivational Interviewing |\ |\




What does Orienting clients consist of? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-
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Client Rights
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- Confidentiality including mandatory reporting
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- Rules and expectations
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