CPRP (2023/ 2024 Update): Certified
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner
Exam| Questions and Verified Answers
QUESTION
The Medical Perspective on Psychiatric Disability
Answer:
-Focused on treating the mental health condition (the symptoms of the psychiatric illness).
-Use language such as mental impairment, psychiatric disorder, emotional disturbance, or
diagnosis.
-Follows the DSM- to be a disorder:
-symptoms must be noticeable (clinically significant)
-must be/or at risk of causing difficulty in role functioning
-must have abnormal/not "culturally-sanctioned"
reactions/behaviors to events
-a faulty way of perceiving or reacting to the world
QUESTION
The Disability Perspective
Answer:
-psych disabilities occur when a mental health condition interferes with a person's function in
living, learning, working, and/or social environments and roles.
QUESTION
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) definition for Disability
Answer:
-a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of
such individual
,QUESTION
Social Security Act (SSA) definition for Disability
Answer:
-"the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which
has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of no less than 12 months."
QUESTION
PRA's definition for Disability
Answer:
-the concept is seen as more relevant to rehabilitation than is the concept of illness and implies
the hope of reacquiring abilities and valued roles.
QUESTION
The Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective
Answer:
-the health condition is seen as interacting with environmental and personal factors to affect an
individual's functioning at the level of body functions and structures, in performance of daily
activities, and in participation in values roles and life domains.
QUESTION
Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective Functions related to Symptoms of the Body
Answer:
ABC
-Affective functions: experience, expression, regulation of affect.
-Behavioral functions: energy and drive, sleep and appetites, and psychomotor functions
-Cognitive functions: experience of self and time, attention/concentration, memory, and
executive functions
,QUESTION
Positive Symptoms (in regards to Medical Perspective of Psychiatric Disbility)
Answer:
-additions to typical behaviors (present)
Ex. delusion, hallucinations, bizzare behaviors, etc.
QUESTION
Negative Symptoms (in regards to Medical Perspective of Psychiatric Disbility)
Answer:
-showing a lack of something (absent)
Ex. social withdrawl, difficulty producing thoughts or speech, blunted of flat affect, etc.
QUESTION
The Social Perspective on Psychiatric Disability
Answer:
-sees the disability as a product of the social and interpersonal factors.
-"there is no such thing as a mental illness"
-believes that psychiatric symptoms can be a healthy response to a dysfunctional world.
-"what looks like illness often represents a method of surviving difficult times or coping with
trauma
-Believes that because the environment helps to define 'disability', disability is a socially
constructed concept.
QUESTION
Competency
Answer:
-the ability to apply or use knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personal characteristics to
successfully perform critical work tasks, specific functions, or operate in a given role or position.
, QUESTION
KSA
Answer:
Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
QUESTION
KSA's Three competency blocks
Answer:
Foundational (bottom tier), industry-related (middle tier), and occupation-related (top tier)
QUESTION
KSA's Foundational Block
Answer:
-can be generalized/are core competencies
-three tiers: basic workplace skills, basic academic skills, and the personal effectiveness skill
(soft skills)
QUESTION
Accredidation
Answer:
the approval of an organization stating that they meet the expected standards and competencies
QUESTION
Certification
Answer:
granted to an individual by a non-governmental agency
Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner
Exam| Questions and Verified Answers
QUESTION
The Medical Perspective on Psychiatric Disability
Answer:
-Focused on treating the mental health condition (the symptoms of the psychiatric illness).
-Use language such as mental impairment, psychiatric disorder, emotional disturbance, or
diagnosis.
-Follows the DSM- to be a disorder:
-symptoms must be noticeable (clinically significant)
-must be/or at risk of causing difficulty in role functioning
-must have abnormal/not "culturally-sanctioned"
reactions/behaviors to events
-a faulty way of perceiving or reacting to the world
QUESTION
The Disability Perspective
Answer:
-psych disabilities occur when a mental health condition interferes with a person's function in
living, learning, working, and/or social environments and roles.
QUESTION
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) definition for Disability
Answer:
-a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities of
such individual
,QUESTION
Social Security Act (SSA) definition for Disability
Answer:
-"the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically
determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which
has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of no less than 12 months."
QUESTION
PRA's definition for Disability
Answer:
-the concept is seen as more relevant to rehabilitation than is the concept of illness and implies
the hope of reacquiring abilities and valued roles.
QUESTION
The Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective
Answer:
-the health condition is seen as interacting with environmental and personal factors to affect an
individual's functioning at the level of body functions and structures, in performance of daily
activities, and in participation in values roles and life domains.
QUESTION
Bio-Psycho-Social Perspective Functions related to Symptoms of the Body
Answer:
ABC
-Affective functions: experience, expression, regulation of affect.
-Behavioral functions: energy and drive, sleep and appetites, and psychomotor functions
-Cognitive functions: experience of self and time, attention/concentration, memory, and
executive functions
,QUESTION
Positive Symptoms (in regards to Medical Perspective of Psychiatric Disbility)
Answer:
-additions to typical behaviors (present)
Ex. delusion, hallucinations, bizzare behaviors, etc.
QUESTION
Negative Symptoms (in regards to Medical Perspective of Psychiatric Disbility)
Answer:
-showing a lack of something (absent)
Ex. social withdrawl, difficulty producing thoughts or speech, blunted of flat affect, etc.
QUESTION
The Social Perspective on Psychiatric Disability
Answer:
-sees the disability as a product of the social and interpersonal factors.
-"there is no such thing as a mental illness"
-believes that psychiatric symptoms can be a healthy response to a dysfunctional world.
-"what looks like illness often represents a method of surviving difficult times or coping with
trauma
-Believes that because the environment helps to define 'disability', disability is a socially
constructed concept.
QUESTION
Competency
Answer:
-the ability to apply or use knowledge, skills, attitudes, and personal characteristics to
successfully perform critical work tasks, specific functions, or operate in a given role or position.
, QUESTION
KSA
Answer:
Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
QUESTION
KSA's Three competency blocks
Answer:
Foundational (bottom tier), industry-related (middle tier), and occupation-related (top tier)
QUESTION
KSA's Foundational Block
Answer:
-can be generalized/are core competencies
-three tiers: basic workplace skills, basic academic skills, and the personal effectiveness skill
(soft skills)
QUESTION
Accredidation
Answer:
the approval of an organization stating that they meet the expected standards and competencies
QUESTION
Certification
Answer:
granted to an individual by a non-governmental agency
