ASAM ACTUAL TEST PAPER COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TESTED ANSWERS

ASAM ACTUAL TEST PAPER COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS TESTED
ANSWERS

◉ The Admission Criteria in the ASAM Criteria:
Answer: (A) include both Diagnostic and Dimensional Admission
Criteria.
(B) are available for all levels of care in both the Adult and
Adolescent Criteria.
(C) encourage placement in the least intensive, but safe level of care.
(D) are different for Adult versus Adolescent Criteria
(E) All of the above


◉ The Outpatient Levels of Care in the ASAM Criteria:
Answer: (A) include only Early Intervention, Level 0.5 and Level 1
Outpatient
(B) describe Level 1 as less than 9 hours per week for adolescents.
(C) are considered to be mainly aftercare levels from residential
treatment.
(D) cannot be used for patients who are in early stages of readiness
to change.
(E) None of the above.

, ◉ The residential levels of care for adults and adolescents are now
exactly the same.
Answer: False


◉ Continued Service and Discharge Criteria in the ASAM Criteria:
Answer: refer to the patient's progress in the individualized
treatment plan.


◉ The role of the ASAM Criteria in Treatment Planning:
Answer: (A) is to focus Case Presentations to cover pertinent
treatment data
(B) is to prioritize the client's service needs and determine intensity
of services.
(C) is to help identify the initial treatment plan and ongoing
revisions.
(D) is to promote individualized treatment rather than program-
driven care.
(E) All of the above.


◉ The revisions in ASAM Criteria:
Answer: maintained the continued service and discharge criteria as
it is.