CRSS Exam - Legal, Crisis Intervention, Recovery
Management – Verified Answers
Questions and Mark scheme
Version: Final 1.1
, 1 - ✔✔Most persons with mental illnesses' / symptoms improve over time and able to lead healthy, stable and
productive lives
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 persons 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 system that promotes empowerment and recovery have higher recovery rates
than ones that do not
Recovery Support Specialist - ✔✔A person with lived experience in mental health recovery who helps others with
psychiatric conditions on their recovery journey in a formal manner and is paid for his services
Recovery Support Services: - ✔✔Peer based recovery support which are delivered through organizations and through
the specialized roles of paid RSS
Recovery Support Specialist infuse the human service system with hope and empowerment
System level Advocacy:System - ✔✔System is a set of parts working together in an organized way for a common
purpose.
Advocacy: - ✔✔Communicating effectively within an organization to get the needs met
System Advocacy - ✔✔Communicating effectively within an organization to get the needs of persons participating in
services met. Often involves changes that affect groups of people
Name Advocate Top Ten List: - ✔✔Be an advocate not an adversary