Amenities include a lounge with movies and games, library, on-site gym, and 24-hour snack bar. The facility provides three meals daily, but clients may order take-out at their own expense. Personal cell phones and laptops are permitted. Shick Shadel has both private and semi-private rooms, all equipped with a TV, DVD player, phone, and Wi-Fi. Treatment at Schick Shadel is delivered by board-certified physicians, as well as certified addiction counselors, therapists, a registered dietitian, and a team of nurses. The hospital also offers two years of aftercare support. This medically-based aversion therapy takes 10 days.Ĭlients return after 30 and 90 days for two-day reinforcement sessions, which consist of overnight hospital stays (included in initial cost), counter conditioning treatment, interviewing under minimal sedation, group counseling, and education. The assumption (and goal) is that patients will associate the addictive substance with unpleasant physical reactions.
Medically monitored detox is available on-site.Īt the core of Schick Shadel’s programming is the belief that addiction is a disease and that, as its website states: “Individuals who suffer from drug and alcohol addiction need medical treatment, not a new mindset.” Accordingly, the facility employs evidence-based medical counter conditioning, or aversion therapy, which is divided into two categories: Emetic, or chemical intervention, generally used for alcohol counter conditioning and Faradic, administered when chemical counter conditioning is not advised.īoth approaches expose patients to the addictive substance, while also subjecting them to increasing discomfort. Incorporating behavior modification techniques with aversion therapy, individual counseling, minimal sedation, and relaxation therapies, the facility treats adult men and women in an inpatient setting. Located 15 minutes from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Schick Shadel Hospital uses a non 12-Step approach for drug and alcohol addiction.
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