This is the fifth and last in a series about what to expect at Schick Shadel Hospital. What I haven’t yet mentioned are the movies, lectures, and counseling you’ll get...
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Wes, a former patient at Schick Shadel started a blog, Wes at Schick, over ten and half years ago. He writes about his personal experiences when going through treatment and...
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Alaska ranks near the top of charts for residents that are involved with alcohol and illicit drug use and abuse. Drug and alcohol addiction in Alaska is on the rise...
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This is the fourth in a series about what to expect at Schick Shadel Hospital. I was going to talk about the rest of the stuff—the lectures, movies, and counseling...
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Rehab vs detox. Whats the difference and how can they both provide addiction treatment? Although drug and alcohol detox and rehab (rehabilitation) have the same goal: “Remove harmful substance from...
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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 had a substance use disorder involving prescription pain relievers and 591,000 had...
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