CADC 2026 END OF COURSE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What percentage of individuals with Co-occurring D/O's receive only mental health
support? - ✔✔32.9%
✔✔Which organ is most damaged by cocaine use? - ✔✔The heart
✔✔What is tolerance? - ✔✔A decrease in sensitivity to a drug that causes the user to
require a larger amount of the same drug to achieve the same effects (not necessarily
to achieve intoxication)
✔✔What is wernickes encephalopathy - ✔✔Caused by lesions in the central nervous
system as a result of a deficient supply of vitamin B. Typically associated with years of
heavy alcohol use and poor diet. Presents with the primary symptom of confusion that
can lead to poor motor control and psychosis.
✔✔What is the AUDIT assessment ? - ✔✔Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
A ten-item screening tool to assess alcohol use, behavior, and problems.
Can be used by any age
Comes in counselor administrated and self-report form.
✔✔What is the MAST - ✔✔Michigan Alcohol Screening Test- alcohol screening tool to
determine the severity of use within any age group.
✔✔What is CMRS? - ✔✔Circumstances, motivation, readiness, and suitability scale.
Used to assess client readiness for treatment.
✔✔What is MATRS? - ✔✔The guiding principles of tx planning
Measurable- goals and objectives
Attainable- goals, objects, interventions
Time limited- focus on short term tx
Realistic- realistic goals
Specific- detailed goals to achieve
✔✔How often are tx plans updated for clients in the criminal justice system? - ✔✔At all
transition periods including release, parole, freedom.
✔✔What is the addiction severity index? - ✔✔An instrument used to measure common
issues related to substance use.
,6 domains
Medical status, employment and supports, alcohol and drug use, legal status, family
and social status, psychiatric status.
The instrument was adopted by the NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse
✔✔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.
GUARANTEE A+
✔✔What percentage of individuals with Co-occurring D/O's receive only mental health
support? - ✔✔32.9%
✔✔Which organ is most damaged by cocaine use? - ✔✔The heart
✔✔What is tolerance? - ✔✔A decrease in sensitivity to a drug that causes the user to
require a larger amount of the same drug to achieve the same effects (not necessarily
to achieve intoxication)
✔✔What is wernickes encephalopathy - ✔✔Caused by lesions in the central nervous
system as a result of a deficient supply of vitamin B. Typically associated with years of
heavy alcohol use and poor diet. Presents with the primary symptom of confusion that
can lead to poor motor control and psychosis.
✔✔What is the AUDIT assessment ? - ✔✔Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
A ten-item screening tool to assess alcohol use, behavior, and problems.
Can be used by any age
Comes in counselor administrated and self-report form.
✔✔What is the MAST - ✔✔Michigan Alcohol Screening Test- alcohol screening tool to
determine the severity of use within any age group.
✔✔What is CMRS? - ✔✔Circumstances, motivation, readiness, and suitability scale.
Used to assess client readiness for treatment.
✔✔What is MATRS? - ✔✔The guiding principles of tx planning
Measurable- goals and objectives
Attainable- goals, objects, interventions
Time limited- focus on short term tx
Realistic- realistic goals
Specific- detailed goals to achieve
✔✔How often are tx plans updated for clients in the criminal justice system? - ✔✔At all
transition periods including release, parole, freedom.
✔✔What is the addiction severity index? - ✔✔An instrument used to measure common
issues related to substance use.
,6 domains
Medical status, employment and supports, alcohol and drug use, legal status, family
and social status, psychiatric status.
The instrument was adopted by the NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse
✔✔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.
