2015

American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) dimension assessment is
extensively used as admissions criteria into most accredited inpatient and
intensive outpatient addictions treatment programs. No refereed journal articles
exist within existing professional counseling literature addressing the efficacy of
using the ASAM dimension assessment addiction outcome measures. This study
evaluated ASAM dimension assessment as an effective outcome evaluation with
substance abusing adolescents in two residential treatment centers. Results
suggest ASAM dimension assessment can be an effective outcome evaluation,
and regular ASAM evaluation updates elicit positive treatment outcomes among
substance abusing youth.

Keywords: ASAM, residential treatment centers, outcome evaluation