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Introduction

1. Research demonstrates that it order for women and girls with mental health or substance abuse issues to recover, their special prevention, intervention, and treatment needs must be met.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Context

2. The competency-based approach that calls for a comprehensive service system that integrates individuals with mental health and/or substance use conditions/disorders into the community is the:

Need for Core Competencies When Working With Women and Girls

3. The development and implementation of mental health and substance abuse services and the training of staff members have been based primarily on health research that has ignored sex and gender differences and excluded women.

The Competency Framework

4. "Competencies" is defined as the set of knowledge, skills, and values/personal choices necessary to successfully perform job duties and responsibilities.

Developing the Core Competencies

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the knowledge and skills competencies topic areas for staff serving women and girls?

Guidance Statements

6. Trauma-informed environments based on safety, respect, and __________ are essential to for the prevention and treatment of women across their life spans.

Sex and Gender Differences

7. For women, PTSD, domestic violence, methamphetamine use, and bipolar disorder can have similar symptoms and may often co-occur, making diagnosis and treatment very difficult.

8. One skill recommended for professionals is that they learn to motivate and coach women, girls, and families to adopt wellness strategies that connect to society's expectations of them.

Knowledge

9. Relational-cultural theory includes an understanding that positive mental/ emotional health is directly connected to a woman's ability to foster separation and autonomy.

Understanding Trauma in Women and Girls-Skills

10. Professionals need to recognize that when triggered, a woman's or girl's trauma reaction may manifest as defiance, emotional dysregulation, or ____________ and must to be able to avoid punitive responses to such reactions.

Special Considerations During Pregnancy-Knowledge

11. Pregnant women with mental health and substance abuse issues must be encouraged to consider the potential effects of prescription medications as well as the potential complications related to prescription changes or discontinuation of medications.

Women's Health and Health Care

12. An important health consideration for women is the linkage between intimate partner violence, subsequent health problems, and:

Collaboration and Interdisciplinary Effectiveness-Skills

13. Which of the following is NOT one of the skills recommended for effective collaboration with other service providers and interdisciplinary effectiveness?

14. Personal attributes such as bilingualism, lived experience, or high emotional intelligence may increase a provider's ability to reach and assist women and girls.

Recovery Orientation

15. One quality of individuals who demonstrate a recovery orientation is that they value connection with others and recognize women's and girl's need for connection as a legitimate objective.

Service-Specific Attitudes and Attributes

16. Experts believe that family is an asset to prevention, treatment and recovery and recognize that involving family members of the woman or girl's choosing may result in better outcomes for women and girls.

Application of the Core Competencies

17. Short-term options for administrators, program managers, and clinical supervisors who wish to apply the core competencies include:

Planning and Implementation of Competencies

18. While the development of core competencies is the first step to establishing an effective workforce for addressing the needs of women and girls, educational and training programs are required to transfer the competencies into a meaningful body of knowledge and practices.