- Level 1 – outpatient treatment
- Level 2 – intensive outpatient treatment
- Level 3 – medically monitored intensive inpatient treatment
- Level 4 – medically managed intensive inpatient treatment
Level 1 is a very relaxed loose treatment plan. It’s like the second level in treatment in the way they treat the clients, which is often with an individualized treatment plan or the 12-step program, but level one and two are different in the intensity of treatment. Often, outpatient programs have 9 hours a week or less, while the minimum hours for intensive outpatient treatment in 9 hours a week.
Level 2 is Intensive Outpatient Treatment (also known as IOP for “Intensive Outpatient Program”) is a primary treatment program recommended in some circumstances by a clinical and medical assessment. IOP may be recommended for those who do not need medically-supervised detox. IOP can also enable people in recovery to continue their recovery therapies following successful detox, on a part-time yet intensive schedule, designed to accommodate work and family life.
Level 3 is an inpatient treatment plan that allows some freedoms such as working, technology (phones, computers, etc.), and leaving the facility. They do, however, still have structure such as a curfew, restricted behavior such as no relationships inside of the facility, etc. Places that offer level 3 treatment programs are called “sober living homes”, these are meant to reintroduce people recently in residential treatment to society in a gradual way, in order to reduce the relapse risks.