Although addiction may begin with voluntary use, regular exposure to an addictive substance or behavior may become unmanageable. An individual with an addiction cannot simply stop their addictive behavior through desire. Due to the differences in addiction and addictive behavior, assessing the right treatment level of care is significant for treatment. As such, there are different levels of addiction treatment, and each level of care focuses on a part of the healing and recovery process.
The levels of addiction treatment are:
Outpatient Addiction Service
Intensive outpatient care
Partial hospitalization
Inpatient stabilization and detoxification
Residential
After care, including halfway houses and three-quarter houses
Ideally a client would be able to benefit from all of these levels of care, as they are all part of the healing and recovery process (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2016). However, the reality of resources, life issues, and availability may prevent every client with addiction problems from receiving all of these services. Assessing the appropriate level of care for your client is significant to a successful recovery.
For this Discussion, choose one of the scenarios provided and examine the levels of addiction treatment.