Schick Shadel Hospital in Seattle, Washington is the #1 rehab center for recovery from drugs and alcohol. Our unique aversion therapy approach has been proven in clinical studies to be...
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By Kristin Neff In my work I have defined self-compassion as having three main interacting components: self-kindness, a sense of common humanity and mindfulness. Self-kindness refers to the tendency to...
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Schick Shadel Hospital's Legacy Schick Shadel Hospital has become the most effective addiction-treatment hospital in Seattle. Throughout our long history, our unique aversion therapy approach has helped people accomplish a...
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The Unspoken Plague on Addiction Although we are acutely aware of the alarming surge of substance abuse in recent years, many people are oblivious to the issue of codependency that...
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More than 130 people die every day after overdosing on opioids.1 In 2017 alone, there were 47,600 overdose deaths involving opioids.2 The American opioid crisis continues to escalate with growing...
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What is Alcohol-Induced Psychosis? Psychosis is a mental condition that is characterized by disruptions to a person’s connection with reality. During psychosis, a person may have difficulty understanding what is...
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Although the 2010’s have faced numerous public health and safety concerns such as the rising number mental health issues, mass shootings, and new disease outbreaks, these concerns pale in comparison...
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Drugs and Alcohol: A Public Health Emergency In the wake of a public health emergency,1 deaths caused by drug and alcohol overdose in America rise to new heights year after year....
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Scientists and researchers, James W. Smith MD (Chief of Staff of Schick Shadel Hospital), Gerald Schmeling PhD, and Philip L. Knowles PhD. created a study to show initial IQs and CQ’s (cultural intelligence) of...
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A recent NIH epidemiology study found the lifetime prevalence of alcohol addiction in the United States to be 29%. Alcoholism is strongly "learned" via pleasure center activation/reinforcement. Alcoholism is a...
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