ASAM CRITERIA FINAL PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS EXAMPREP
GRADED A+
▶ Treatment used to limited number of discrete levels of care, but ASAM
criteria focuses on a ___. Answer: Continuum of Care
▶ Level .05. Answer: Early Intervention
▶ Level I. Answer: Outpatient TX
▶ Level II.1
Level II.5. Answer: IOP (Intensive Outpatient) >9 hrs
PHP (Partial Hospitalization) >20 hrs
▶ Level III. Answer: Residential Inpatient Treatment
▶ Level IV. Answer: Medically Managed Intensive Inpatient Treatment
▶ DUI education, and early intervention for adolescents are examples of.
Answer: Level .05 (Early Intervention)
▶ <9 hrs/week. Answer: Level 1 (Outpatient)
▶ Level II (IOP/PHP) has the capacity to to provide:
____ Consultation
___ Consultation
___ Management
___ Services. Answer: Psychiatric consultation
Psychopharmacological consultation
Medication management
Crisis services
▶ Provide 24 hour treatment in a safe environment. Answer: Level III
, (>30 clinical hrs/week)
▶ Clinically ___ is Level III.1 (low intensity) - Level III.5 (high intesity)
Medically ___ Inpatient is Level III.7
Medically ___ Intensive Inpatient is Level IV. Answer: Level III.1-5 -
Clinically MANAGED
Level III.7 - Medically MONITORED
Level IV - Medically MANAGED
▶ potential risks. Answer: 0 - no or very low risk. Stable.
1 - mild discomfort, can be stabilized, functioning restored easily
2 - moderate risk/difficulty functioning but can understand support services
3 - serious difficulties - in or near imminent danger
4 - highest concern - severe, persistent, poor ability to cope with illness, life
threatening
▶ ASAM dimension 1. Answer: refers to detoxification risk.
▶ ASAM Dimension 2. Answer: Biomedical Conditions and Complications
▶ ASAM dimension 3. Answer: Emotional, Behavioral, or Cognitive
Conditions and Complications
▶ ASAM Dimension 4. Answer: readiness to change
▶ ASAM Dimension 5. Answer: Relapse, Continued Use, or Continued
Problem Potential
▶ ASAM Dimension 6. Answer: Recovery/Living Environment
▶ ASAM Levels of Care. Answer: 0.5: Early Intervention
I: Outpatient Services
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS EXAMPREP
GRADED A+
▶ Treatment used to limited number of discrete levels of care, but ASAM
criteria focuses on a ___. Answer: Continuum of Care
▶ Level .05. Answer: Early Intervention
▶ Level I. Answer: Outpatient TX
▶ Level II.1
Level II.5. Answer: IOP (Intensive Outpatient) >9 hrs
PHP (Partial Hospitalization) >20 hrs
▶ Level III. Answer: Residential Inpatient Treatment
▶ Level IV. Answer: Medically Managed Intensive Inpatient Treatment
▶ DUI education, and early intervention for adolescents are examples of.
Answer: Level .05 (Early Intervention)
▶ <9 hrs/week. Answer: Level 1 (Outpatient)
▶ Level II (IOP/PHP) has the capacity to to provide:
____ Consultation
___ Consultation
___ Management
___ Services. Answer: Psychiatric consultation
Psychopharmacological consultation
Medication management
Crisis services
▶ Provide 24 hour treatment in a safe environment. Answer: Level III
, (>30 clinical hrs/week)
▶ Clinically ___ is Level III.1 (low intensity) - Level III.5 (high intesity)
Medically ___ Inpatient is Level III.7
Medically ___ Intensive Inpatient is Level IV. Answer: Level III.1-5 -
Clinically MANAGED
Level III.7 - Medically MONITORED
Level IV - Medically MANAGED
▶ potential risks. Answer: 0 - no or very low risk. Stable.
1 - mild discomfort, can be stabilized, functioning restored easily
2 - moderate risk/difficulty functioning but can understand support services
3 - serious difficulties - in or near imminent danger
4 - highest concern - severe, persistent, poor ability to cope with illness, life
threatening
▶ ASAM dimension 1. Answer: refers to detoxification risk.
▶ ASAM Dimension 2. Answer: Biomedical Conditions and Complications
▶ ASAM dimension 3. Answer: Emotional, Behavioral, or Cognitive
Conditions and Complications
▶ ASAM Dimension 4. Answer: readiness to change
▶ ASAM Dimension 5. Answer: Relapse, Continued Use, or Continued
Problem Potential
▶ ASAM Dimension 6. Answer: Recovery/Living Environment
▶ ASAM Levels of Care. Answer: 0.5: Early Intervention
I: Outpatient Services
