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Certified Peer Specialist Exam

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Recovery Approach
Go from extreme emotional distress to recovery. Recovery comes a unique combination of human spirit, treatment, self-help and hope.
Maintenance Based System
Symptom reduction,reliance on medication, low-stress to stay stable, no risk
Recovery-oriented system
upward trend over time plateau distress/learning (repeat)
A CPS is:
A person with lived experience, who has training: has roles in the MH system; skills in the system;uses a code of ethics;roles beyond the system.
Our job is to open the door
to new possibilities;new understandings;new visions;new HOPE
Ways to open the Door
A CPS will encourage people to share their dreams;learn about different resources and perspectives;
Name two people who have had a role in our movement and state their accomplishments in the movement.
Ruby Rogers; the Rogers Decision 1983 was named after her. She and six other patients who were forcibly medicated or secluded in Massachusetts Hospitals filed a lawsuit demanding protections against forced treatment. Their victory gives people the right to refuse medication & treatment unless found incompetent by a judge.
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