Levels of Care
This ASAM level is often called “day treatment” and usually runs several hours per day multiple days per week.
What is PHP or 2.5 level of care?
These are people, places, emotions, or situations associated with past substance use.
What are triggers?
Living with in a home where there is alcohol substance negatively affect this.
What is recovery stability?
Cravings usually increase when people are exposed to these reminders of past use.
What are cues or triggers?
AA, NA, SMART Recovery, Refuge Recovery, and Celebrate Recovery.
What are mutual self help group.
This level of care is less intensive than PHP and often allows people to return to work while continuing treatment.
What is IOP or 2.1?
According to relapse prevention theory, relapse is usually a process rather than this.
What is a single sudden event?
These homes provide accountability, structure, and peer support after treatment.
What are sober living homes or recovery residences?
Dopamine is more connected to this than simple pleasure.
What is wanting or craving?
Sponsors, therapists, sober peers, and family members can all be part of this.
What is a recovery network?
Detox is considered this part of treatment, meaning it helps people become medically stable before deeper recovery work begins.
What is pre-treatment?
What is Tired?
Recovery is generally stronger when support systems are this quality.
What is healthy, supportive, or recovery-oriented?
Pavlov’s dogs are commonly used to explain this type of learned response.
What is conditioning?
Recovery support should ideally include both emotional support and this.
What is accountability?
This ASAM dimension focuses heavily on recovery environment, housing, transportation, and support systems.
What is Dimension 6?
Thinking “one drink won’t hurt” is an example of this kind of risky thinking pattern.
What is rationalization or minimization?
A recovery environment should reduce exposure to these.
What are triggers or high-risk situations?
Mindfulness can help people do this instead of automatically reacting to cravings.
What is observe urges without acting on them?
Isolation often increases risk for this.
What is relapse?
A person stepping down from residential treatment directly into individual therapy without stronger support may increase this.
What is relapse risk?
This term describes becoming overly confident in recovery and lowering healthy safeguards.
What is complacency?
Transportation, employment, housing, and finances are examples of these recovery-related needs.
What are practical barriers or person-centered considerations?
This relapse prevention skill involves preparing responses before entering risky situations.
What is game-planning?
Asking for help before a relapse happens is considered this type of recovery skill.
What is healthy coping or relapse prevention?