CBHCM CBHCM Recovery-Oriented Care and Wellness 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following is an example of a natural support in recovery planning?
- Community mental health center
- Family members and friends (Correct answer)
- State psychiatric hospital
- Medicaid managed care organization
Correct answer: Family members and friends
Natural supports include family, friends, and community members who provide informal assistance outside of formal service systems.
Question 2: What is 'self-determination' in the context of behavioral health recovery?
- The clinician determines the best treatment plan
- The client's right to make choices about their own care (Correct answer)
- Court-ordered treatment decisions
- Insurance carrier's benefit determination
Correct answer: The client's right to make choices about their own care
Self-determination means clients have the right and responsibility to direct their own care and make decisions about their recovery.
Question 3: Which evidence-based practice focuses on helping clients achieve personal recovery goals within community settings?
- Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
- Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) (Correct answer)
- Hospitalization-first model
- Diagnostic interviewing only
Correct answer: Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice that provides intensive, community-based support to help clients achieve personal recovery goals.
Question 4: The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) was developed by whom?
- The American Psychiatric Association
- Mary Ellen Copeland (Correct answer)
- SAMHSA's Center for Mental Health Services
- The National Alliance on Mental Illness
Correct answer: Mary Ellen Copeland
Mary Ellen Copeland, a mental health advocate with lived experience, developed WRAP as a self-management and recovery tool.
Question 5: What does 'trauma-informed care' require of behavioral health case managers?
- Avoiding discussion of trauma entirely
- Understanding trauma's impact and avoiding retraumatization (Correct answer)
- Mandatory disclosure of trauma history to all providers
- Limiting services to trauma survivors only
Correct answer: Understanding trauma's impact and avoiding retraumatization
Trauma-informed care requires recognizing the widespread impact of trauma and integrating this knowledge to avoid retraumatization in service delivery.
Question 6: Which is a key indicator of successful recovery-oriented services?
- Complete symptom remission
- Meaningful community participation and quality of life (Correct answer)
- Lifetime inpatient treatment avoidance only
- Elimination of all psychiatric diagnoses
Correct answer: Meaningful community participation and quality of life
Successful recovery-oriented services are measured by clients achieving meaningful participation in community life and improved quality of life, not just symptom reduction.
CBHCM CBHCM Recovery-Oriented Care and Wellness 2
Which of the following is an example of a natural support in recovery planning?