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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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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