CADC STANDARD EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔What should be included in a treatment plan - ✔✔Problem statement from
assessment, goal statements, objectives, and interventions ( not modalities or
theoretical approaches to treatment)
✔✔What is NIDA - ✔✔The National Institute on Drug Abuse
✔✔What is the acronym DIG-FAST - ✔✔A tool for the full assessment of Mania
D- distractibility, I- indescretion (excessive pleasure activities), G- grandiosity, F- flight of
ideas, A- activity, S- sleep deficit, T- talkativeness
✔✔What is the minimum number of tx hours per week that is recommended by ASAM
for IOT? - ✔✔9 hours
✔✔What is naltrexone used to treat? - ✔✔Primarily alcohol, but sometimes opioids.
✔✔Does family member involvement improve tx outcomes? - ✔✔Yes and no. Yes if the
family is supportive.
✔✔What are the main levels of substance abuse continuum of care as identified by
ASAM? - ✔✔5 levels
Level 0.5: Early intervention
Level 1: Outpatient services
Level 2: IOP or partial
Level 3: Residential or inpatient
Level 4: Medically managed inpatient counseling
,✔✔How many stages must outpatient clients work through no matter what? - ✔✔4
Treatment engagement
Early recovery
Maintenance
Community support- abstinence healthy lifestyle
✔✔What is the recommended # of days in IOT - ✔✔90 days
Individual IOT sessions take place for 30-50 minutes once a week
✔✔What substances have effective pharmacotherapy treatments? - ✔✔Alcohol and
opioids only.
✔✔Define (SUD) Sustained Remission? - ✔✔Other MAT medications.
✔✔What is the sand which technique? - ✔✔A technique to ensure better engagement
and disclosure during intakes where a semi formal- then formal- then summarizing
pattern is used.
✔✔Is group or individual tx more effective? - ✔✔They are about the same
✔✔What is Early Remission early - ✔✔Early remission- when criteria for a SUD were
met and have been absent with the exception of cravings for at least 3 months but less
than 12
Sustained remission- when sxs have been endear minus cravings for 12 months or
longer.
✔✔What is a 12-step facilitation approach? - ✔✔Treatment that also involves
encouraging clients to attend 12 step meetings and being able to provide information
about the meetings as part of encouraging them.
✔✔What "treatment" provided the best long term outcome for alcohol use? - ✔✔12-step
meetings
✔✔What is a therapeutic community TC? - ✔✔A drug free residential tx environment
that stress a healthy living style and offers assistance with substance use, vocational
goals, and more. Peers are considered important to one's success in these programs.
✔✔What is the difference between rehabilitation and habilitation? - ✔✔Rehabilitation
implies that someone has the skills to overcome a problem and needs support in
utilizing them.
, Habilitation implies the person never learned these skills and still needs to. TC
programs believe in habilitation.
✔✔What makes the structure of TC programs useful? - ✔✔It helps people avoid the
chaotic lives they lived while using and teaches them to focus on goals.
✔✔What is the matrix model? - ✔✔A framework of treatment for stimulant use that
utilizes techniques from various treatment modalities and social supports.
✔✔What are the levels of care in the SAMHSA framework for co-occurring d/o. -
✔✔Level (quadrant) 1: low SUD and MH: outpatient services
Level (quadrant) 2: severe MH, low SUD: mental health system
Level (quadrant) 3: severe SUD, low MH: SA tx programs
Level (quadrant) 4: severe SUD & MH: divided into two additional categories of severe
psychiatric and SUD or severe SUD and high risk behaviors (suicidal). Both are treated
in residential or inpatient settings.
✔✔Most effective tx for reducing adolescent instance use? - ✔✔Family therapy
✔✔What is a culture bound syndrome? - ✔✔An illness found in a specific culture and or
An illness presented or interpreted in a certain way based on cultural influence (e.g.
hallucinations are a gift from god)
✔✔Can someone be in remission while utilizing MAT? - ✔✔yes, provided they only
experience cravings and no other symptoms.
✔✔What is CCISC? - ✔✔Comprehensive continuous integrated system of care.
A model that aims to integrate tx for co-occurring d/o's along with various other needs
(housing, vocational).
It believes that both SUD and MH disorders should be considered both primary
disorders and treated as such.
✔✔What is SDS? - ✔✔SDS (self-directed support) is the involvement of a client in their
treatment decisions.
This involves the clients ability to begin and end services, choose the services they
want, and manage financial situations usually all with professional support.
✔✔What are the domains of the addiction severity index? - ✔✔Medical status,
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔What should be included in a treatment plan - ✔✔Problem statement from
assessment, goal statements, objectives, and interventions ( not modalities or
theoretical approaches to treatment)
✔✔What is NIDA - ✔✔The National Institute on Drug Abuse
✔✔What is the acronym DIG-FAST - ✔✔A tool for the full assessment of Mania
D- distractibility, I- indescretion (excessive pleasure activities), G- grandiosity, F- flight of
ideas, A- activity, S- sleep deficit, T- talkativeness
✔✔What is the minimum number of tx hours per week that is recommended by ASAM
for IOT? - ✔✔9 hours
✔✔What is naltrexone used to treat? - ✔✔Primarily alcohol, but sometimes opioids.
✔✔Does family member involvement improve tx outcomes? - ✔✔Yes and no. Yes if the
family is supportive.
✔✔What are the main levels of substance abuse continuum of care as identified by
ASAM? - ✔✔5 levels
Level 0.5: Early intervention
Level 1: Outpatient services
Level 2: IOP or partial
Level 3: Residential or inpatient
Level 4: Medically managed inpatient counseling
,✔✔How many stages must outpatient clients work through no matter what? - ✔✔4
Treatment engagement
Early recovery
Maintenance
Community support- abstinence healthy lifestyle
✔✔What is the recommended # of days in IOT - ✔✔90 days
Individual IOT sessions take place for 30-50 minutes once a week
✔✔What substances have effective pharmacotherapy treatments? - ✔✔Alcohol and
opioids only.
✔✔Define (SUD) Sustained Remission? - ✔✔Other MAT medications.
✔✔What is the sand which technique? - ✔✔A technique to ensure better engagement
and disclosure during intakes where a semi formal- then formal- then summarizing
pattern is used.
✔✔Is group or individual tx more effective? - ✔✔They are about the same
✔✔What is Early Remission early - ✔✔Early remission- when criteria for a SUD were
met and have been absent with the exception of cravings for at least 3 months but less
than 12
Sustained remission- when sxs have been endear minus cravings for 12 months or
longer.
✔✔What is a 12-step facilitation approach? - ✔✔Treatment that also involves
encouraging clients to attend 12 step meetings and being able to provide information
about the meetings as part of encouraging them.
✔✔What "treatment" provided the best long term outcome for alcohol use? - ✔✔12-step
meetings
✔✔What is a therapeutic community TC? - ✔✔A drug free residential tx environment
that stress a healthy living style and offers assistance with substance use, vocational
goals, and more. Peers are considered important to one's success in these programs.
✔✔What is the difference between rehabilitation and habilitation? - ✔✔Rehabilitation
implies that someone has the skills to overcome a problem and needs support in
utilizing them.
, Habilitation implies the person never learned these skills and still needs to. TC
programs believe in habilitation.
✔✔What makes the structure of TC programs useful? - ✔✔It helps people avoid the
chaotic lives they lived while using and teaches them to focus on goals.
✔✔What is the matrix model? - ✔✔A framework of treatment for stimulant use that
utilizes techniques from various treatment modalities and social supports.
✔✔What are the levels of care in the SAMHSA framework for co-occurring d/o. -
✔✔Level (quadrant) 1: low SUD and MH: outpatient services
Level (quadrant) 2: severe MH, low SUD: mental health system
Level (quadrant) 3: severe SUD, low MH: SA tx programs
Level (quadrant) 4: severe SUD & MH: divided into two additional categories of severe
psychiatric and SUD or severe SUD and high risk behaviors (suicidal). Both are treated
in residential or inpatient settings.
✔✔Most effective tx for reducing adolescent instance use? - ✔✔Family therapy
✔✔What is a culture bound syndrome? - ✔✔An illness found in a specific culture and or
An illness presented or interpreted in a certain way based on cultural influence (e.g.
hallucinations are a gift from god)
✔✔Can someone be in remission while utilizing MAT? - ✔✔yes, provided they only
experience cravings and no other symptoms.
✔✔What is CCISC? - ✔✔Comprehensive continuous integrated system of care.
A model that aims to integrate tx for co-occurring d/o's along with various other needs
(housing, vocational).
It believes that both SUD and MH disorders should be considered both primary
disorders and treated as such.
✔✔What is SDS? - ✔✔SDS (self-directed support) is the involvement of a client in their
treatment decisions.
This involves the clients ability to begin and end services, choose the services they
want, and manage financial situations usually all with professional support.
✔✔What are the domains of the addiction severity index? - ✔✔Medical status,
