VDBHDS Quiz - Peer Quiz VA Questions With Complete
Solutions 100%
When the Learning Agreement that says "What is said in the room stays in the room," it means I can tell only
certain people the personal things a fellow classmate chooses to talk about. - T/F - correct answerFalse
2. Only the moderator is allowed to add or subtract things from our Learning Agreement. - T/F - correct
answerFalse
Who heads up the Department of Behavior Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS)? - correct answerThe
Commissioner
VOCAL, SAARA and NAMI are examples of what types of shareholders? - correct answerAdvocacy Groups
It is up to me to make a commitment to attend the full course. - T/F - correct answerT
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) are two examples of mutual aid
groups. - T/F - correct answerT
"A life of possibilities for all Virginians" is the vision statement for DBHDS. - T/F - correct answerTrue
The more authentic the Peer Support relationship, the more powerful our ability to grow and heal together. - T/F
- correct answerT
In order to do well in this course, I must take responsibility for my learning. - T/F - correct answerTrue
There is only one way to define recovery. - T/F - correct answerFalse
1. It is okay to use words like Crazy, Nuts, Insane or Psycho in everyday situations. - T/F - correct answerFalse
Stigma words help make people stay isolated. - T/F - correct answerTrue
When you don't watch your words, you are spreading stigma. - T/F - correct answerTrue
There's no hope for people with mental illnesses. - T/F - correct answerF
People with mental illnesses lead active, productive lives. - T/F - correct answerTrue
Learning the facts about mental health and sharing them with others is one way of helping others. - T/F -
correct answerT
6. Learning the facts about mental health and sharing them with others is one way of helping others. - T/F -
correct answerT
All people with mental illnesses are violent and unpredictable. - T/F - correct answerFalse
All people with mental illnesses or substance use disorder lack intellectual abilities just like the general
population. - T/F - correct answerFalse
Science has shown that hope plays an integral role in an individual's recovery. - T/F - correct answerT
People with mental illnesses cannot tolerate the stress of holding down a job. - T/F - correct answerFalse
11. Recovery happens when we focus primarily on our problems, psychiatric symptoms or deficits. - T/F -
correct answerF
12. Words that promote awareness and understanding include: advocacy, recovery, responsibility, gratitude
and service. - T/F - correct answerTrue
13. We increase our chances of recovery when we focus on our strengths, hopes and aspirations and the
positive resources around us. - T/F - correct answerTrue
14. Stigma words do not interfere with people seeking treatment. - T/F - correct answerF
15. Empowerment is the belief that one has power and control in their life, including their illness. Empowerment
also involves taking responsibility for self and advocating for self and others. - T/F - correct answerTrue
16. A broad definition of spirituality is that it's a partnership with one's higher power. For many people,
spirituality provides hope, solace during their illness, peace, understanding and a source of social support. - T/F
- correct answerTrue
17. Having a sense of despair is the foundation for ongoing recovery from mental illness. - T/F - correct
answerFalse
18. People in recovery can educate themselves by speaking with health care professionals,attending
workshops and support groups, reading books, articles and newsletters, browsing the internet and participating
in discussion groups. - T/F - correct answerT
19. Employment or meaningful activity gives most peers the opportunity to regain a positive identity, including a
sense of purpose and value. - T/F - correct answerTrue
20. Recently, SAMHSA released a consensus statement outlining 10 fundamental components of recovery,
which of the following 10 on this list.
I___ & P-C
E __
H ___
, H ___
N L___
P S___
R ___
R ____
S B ____
S D ___ - correct answer1 Individualized and Person-Centered
2 Empowerment
3 Holistic
4 Hope
5 Non-Linear
6 Peer Support
7 Respect
8 Responsibility
9 Strengths-Based
10 Self-Direction
Knowing our "true" selves helps us know what we really want, what our true strengths are and the tools we
have within ourselves. - T/F - correct answerT
2. Our Gifts :
a. Can come from the wounds we have been able to transform into healing for others
b. Are things we are naturally good at
c. Become more familiar to us as we become more familiar with ourselves
d. All of the above - correct answerAll of the above
3. Meta Mood is self-awareness of the emotions we are experiencing. - T/F - correct answerT
4. A diagnosis: WRITE IT OUT
a. Tells others what I am capable of
b. Is only one part of the knowledge I can use on my recovery journey
c. Is something everyone must accept in order to recover from a behavioral health challenge
d. Is not something that is given to people with substance abuse challenges - correct answerIs only one part of
the knowledge I can use on my recovery journey.
What seems risky for one person may seem easy for another. Each person's experience of what feels risky is
unique. - T/F - correct answerT
6. When people face hard times and challenges, but go on with their lives and do well anyway, they are said to
be "resilient." - T/F - correct answerT
True or False: Dignity of risk promotes the idea that taking risks is a normal part of life. - correct answerTrue
8. Name five Stages of Change:
P ___
C ___
P ___
A ____
M ___ - correct answerPre-Contemplation,
Contemplation,
Preparation,
Action,
Maintenance
9. WRAP is an evidence-based practice. - T/F - correct answerT
10. An Advance Directive is only valid if it is on a special form. - - T/F - correct answerF
11. In Virginia, an Advance Directive can cover End-of- Life Care, General and/or Mental Health Care. - T/F -
correct answerT
12. Not yet acknowledging that there is a problem behavior that needs to be changed is the
_____________stage of change. WRITE IT OUT
- a. Contemplation / b. Pre-contemplation /
c. Preparation / d. Action / E. Maintenance - correct answerPre-Contemplation
13. Open-ended questions can help to develop a conversation. - T/F - correct answerTrue
14. A recovery program environment will solve all the problems for its participants. - T/F - correct answerF
15. Change can be hard when:
a. We see many possibilities and opportunities
b. We believe we make a difference
c. We decide that resignation or acceptance is the best route
Solutions 100%
When the Learning Agreement that says "What is said in the room stays in the room," it means I can tell only
certain people the personal things a fellow classmate chooses to talk about. - T/F - correct answerFalse
2. Only the moderator is allowed to add or subtract things from our Learning Agreement. - T/F - correct
answerFalse
Who heads up the Department of Behavior Health & Developmental Services (DBHDS)? - correct answerThe
Commissioner
VOCAL, SAARA and NAMI are examples of what types of shareholders? - correct answerAdvocacy Groups
It is up to me to make a commitment to attend the full course. - T/F - correct answerT
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS) are two examples of mutual aid
groups. - T/F - correct answerT
"A life of possibilities for all Virginians" is the vision statement for DBHDS. - T/F - correct answerTrue
The more authentic the Peer Support relationship, the more powerful our ability to grow and heal together. - T/F
- correct answerT
In order to do well in this course, I must take responsibility for my learning. - T/F - correct answerTrue
There is only one way to define recovery. - T/F - correct answerFalse
1. It is okay to use words like Crazy, Nuts, Insane or Psycho in everyday situations. - T/F - correct answerFalse
Stigma words help make people stay isolated. - T/F - correct answerTrue
When you don't watch your words, you are spreading stigma. - T/F - correct answerTrue
There's no hope for people with mental illnesses. - T/F - correct answerF
People with mental illnesses lead active, productive lives. - T/F - correct answerTrue
Learning the facts about mental health and sharing them with others is one way of helping others. - T/F -
correct answerT
6. Learning the facts about mental health and sharing them with others is one way of helping others. - T/F -
correct answerT
All people with mental illnesses are violent and unpredictable. - T/F - correct answerFalse
All people with mental illnesses or substance use disorder lack intellectual abilities just like the general
population. - T/F - correct answerFalse
Science has shown that hope plays an integral role in an individual's recovery. - T/F - correct answerT
People with mental illnesses cannot tolerate the stress of holding down a job. - T/F - correct answerFalse
11. Recovery happens when we focus primarily on our problems, psychiatric symptoms or deficits. - T/F -
correct answerF
12. Words that promote awareness and understanding include: advocacy, recovery, responsibility, gratitude
and service. - T/F - correct answerTrue
13. We increase our chances of recovery when we focus on our strengths, hopes and aspirations and the
positive resources around us. - T/F - correct answerTrue
14. Stigma words do not interfere with people seeking treatment. - T/F - correct answerF
15. Empowerment is the belief that one has power and control in their life, including their illness. Empowerment
also involves taking responsibility for self and advocating for self and others. - T/F - correct answerTrue
16. A broad definition of spirituality is that it's a partnership with one's higher power. For many people,
spirituality provides hope, solace during their illness, peace, understanding and a source of social support. - T/F
- correct answerTrue
17. Having a sense of despair is the foundation for ongoing recovery from mental illness. - T/F - correct
answerFalse
18. People in recovery can educate themselves by speaking with health care professionals,attending
workshops and support groups, reading books, articles and newsletters, browsing the internet and participating
in discussion groups. - T/F - correct answerT
19. Employment or meaningful activity gives most peers the opportunity to regain a positive identity, including a
sense of purpose and value. - T/F - correct answerTrue
20. Recently, SAMHSA released a consensus statement outlining 10 fundamental components of recovery,
which of the following 10 on this list.
I___ & P-C
E __
H ___
, H ___
N L___
P S___
R ___
R ____
S B ____
S D ___ - correct answer1 Individualized and Person-Centered
2 Empowerment
3 Holistic
4 Hope
5 Non-Linear
6 Peer Support
7 Respect
8 Responsibility
9 Strengths-Based
10 Self-Direction
Knowing our "true" selves helps us know what we really want, what our true strengths are and the tools we
have within ourselves. - T/F - correct answerT
2. Our Gifts :
a. Can come from the wounds we have been able to transform into healing for others
b. Are things we are naturally good at
c. Become more familiar to us as we become more familiar with ourselves
d. All of the above - correct answerAll of the above
3. Meta Mood is self-awareness of the emotions we are experiencing. - T/F - correct answerT
4. A diagnosis: WRITE IT OUT
a. Tells others what I am capable of
b. Is only one part of the knowledge I can use on my recovery journey
c. Is something everyone must accept in order to recover from a behavioral health challenge
d. Is not something that is given to people with substance abuse challenges - correct answerIs only one part of
the knowledge I can use on my recovery journey.
What seems risky for one person may seem easy for another. Each person's experience of what feels risky is
unique. - T/F - correct answerT
6. When people face hard times and challenges, but go on with their lives and do well anyway, they are said to
be "resilient." - T/F - correct answerT
True or False: Dignity of risk promotes the idea that taking risks is a normal part of life. - correct answerTrue
8. Name five Stages of Change:
P ___
C ___
P ___
A ____
M ___ - correct answerPre-Contemplation,
Contemplation,
Preparation,
Action,
Maintenance
9. WRAP is an evidence-based practice. - T/F - correct answerT
10. An Advance Directive is only valid if it is on a special form. - - T/F - correct answerF
11. In Virginia, an Advance Directive can cover End-of- Life Care, General and/or Mental Health Care. - T/F -
correct answerT
12. Not yet acknowledging that there is a problem behavior that needs to be changed is the
_____________stage of change. WRITE IT OUT
- a. Contemplation / b. Pre-contemplation /
c. Preparation / d. Action / E. Maintenance - correct answerPre-Contemplation
13. Open-ended questions can help to develop a conversation. - T/F - correct answerTrue
14. A recovery program environment will solve all the problems for its participants. - T/F - correct answerF
15. Change can be hard when:
a. We see many possibilities and opportunities
b. We believe we make a difference
c. We decide that resignation or acceptance is the best route
