25% of Americans binged in the last month The COVID Pandemic has made it much easier to buy alcohol than necessities like meat, eggs and toilet paper. Liquor stores remain...
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This is the third in a series about what to expect at Schick Shadel Hospital. In this blog I’ll talk about the sedation treatment and counter conditioning treatment. The process and rationale...
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This is the second in a series about what to expect at Schick Shadel Hospital. This blog explains the treatment. It’s pretty clinical in nature, but it should tell you...
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This is the first in a series of blogs about what to expect at Schick Shadel Hospital. Sometimes taking the mystery out of the unknown can help you make a...
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Fish addicted to opioids? Sadly, it’s not a joke. The Opioid Epidemic is not only affecting humans; it is also affecting our wildlife. It is estimated that opioids took 63,600...
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"Of the 20.5 million Americans 12 or older that had a substance use disorder in 2015, 2 million struggled with prescription opiate addiction and 591,000 had a substance use disorder...
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Schick Shadel Hospital is an addiction treatment center located in Seattle, Washington. Schick Shadel’s addiction treatment consists of counter conditioning and aversion therapy in order to stop the substance cravings....
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I experienced how deeply alcohol and drugs are ingrained into "college culture" while I went to college in Washington. I couldn't shake the addiction alone and I sought help at...
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The other day I was talking to Schick Shadel Hospital’s Director of Nursing, Maritza Pascarella. I asked her if working at Schick was worth the move across country from New...
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I thought I knew a bit about Alaska. I’ve been there several times—twice for the ceremonial start to the Iditarod in Anchorage where a short, seated dogsled ride around a...
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