CRSS FINAL TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Recovery Fact #1
Recovery is based on respect
Recovery is based on respect
community, systems and social acceptance for people affected by mental health
and substance use problems include protecting their rights and eliminating
discrimination and stigma.
Recovery Fact #2
Most persons with mental illnesses want to work and can succeed in
competitive employment
Recovery Fact #3
Combining medication, therapy and effective treatment in the community helps
between 70-90% of person with mental illness to totally recover from their
illness or see improvements.
Recovery Fact #4
Studies using strict criteria showed that most persons with MI experience full
recovery or significant improvement.
Recovery Fact #5
Persons with MI can learn to regain skills needed to connect with and live
successfully in their community.
Recovery Fact #6
Mental health systems that promote empowerment and recovery have higher
recovery rates than ones that do not.
Self-direction
Persons lead, control, exercise choice over and determine their own path of
recovery by optimizing autonomy, independence and control of resources.
SAMHSA'S 4 Major dimensions that Support Recovery
1. Health
2. Home
3. Purpose
4. Community
Stages of Recovery
1. Impact of Illness
2. Life is Limited
3. Change is possible
, 4. commitment to change
5. Actions for change
Recovery Oriented Mental Health workforce competencies
ability to work with people from strength perspective, supports peoples
recovery process and support dignity.
Person Driven recovery
- Persons have primary decision making role regarding the care that is offered
and received.
- Person is informed of and involved in every decision regarding their care.
Self- Advocacy
"going for it" with courage persistence and determination on the road to
recovery.
modeling
RSS advocates on behalf of individual
supporting
RSS advocates alongside individual
empowering
individual advocates for him/her self.
Systems Advocacy
communicating effectively within an organization to get the needs of persons
participating in services met and involves changes that effect groups of people.
Peer Recovery Specialists should be aware of some important factors that vary
across cultures including:
- verbal and non-verbal communication styles
- Personal space and touch
- family roles and relationship
- Attitudes toward smoking, drug, and alcohol use
- Attitudes toward mental illness
- religious or spiritual practices
- pathways to recovery
To increase their individual cultural competence, Peer Recovery Specialists can:
- understand their own values and assumptions
- recognize that other people's values and assumptions may differ.
- examine their own biases and prejudices
- Be open to different views of health, illness, and recovery
- acquire knowledge about the cultures of the people they are working with by
asking and sharing experiences
- recognize the broad variation within cultural groups
Recovery Fact #1
Recovery is based on respect
Recovery is based on respect
community, systems and social acceptance for people affected by mental health
and substance use problems include protecting their rights and eliminating
discrimination and stigma.
Recovery Fact #2
Most persons with mental illnesses want to work and can succeed in
competitive employment
Recovery Fact #3
Combining medication, therapy and effective treatment in the community helps
between 70-90% of person with mental illness to totally recover from their
illness or see improvements.
Recovery Fact #4
Studies using strict criteria showed that most persons with MI experience full
recovery or significant improvement.
Recovery Fact #5
Persons with MI can learn to regain skills needed to connect with and live
successfully in their community.
Recovery Fact #6
Mental health systems that promote empowerment and recovery have higher
recovery rates than ones that do not.
Self-direction
Persons lead, control, exercise choice over and determine their own path of
recovery by optimizing autonomy, independence and control of resources.
SAMHSA'S 4 Major dimensions that Support Recovery
1. Health
2. Home
3. Purpose
4. Community
Stages of Recovery
1. Impact of Illness
2. Life is Limited
3. Change is possible
, 4. commitment to change
5. Actions for change
Recovery Oriented Mental Health workforce competencies
ability to work with people from strength perspective, supports peoples
recovery process and support dignity.
Person Driven recovery
- Persons have primary decision making role regarding the care that is offered
and received.
- Person is informed of and involved in every decision regarding their care.
Self- Advocacy
"going for it" with courage persistence and determination on the road to
recovery.
modeling
RSS advocates on behalf of individual
supporting
RSS advocates alongside individual
empowering
individual advocates for him/her self.
Systems Advocacy
communicating effectively within an organization to get the needs of persons
participating in services met and involves changes that effect groups of people.
Peer Recovery Specialists should be aware of some important factors that vary
across cultures including:
- verbal and non-verbal communication styles
- Personal space and touch
- family roles and relationship
- Attitudes toward smoking, drug, and alcohol use
- Attitudes toward mental illness
- religious or spiritual practices
- pathways to recovery
To increase their individual cultural competence, Peer Recovery Specialists can:
- understand their own values and assumptions
- recognize that other people's values and assumptions may differ.
- examine their own biases and prejudices
- Be open to different views of health, illness, and recovery
- acquire knowledge about the cultures of the people they are working with by
asking and sharing experiences
- recognize the broad variation within cultural groups
