Chemical Dependency Archives - Sanford Health News

Female doctor typing on computer.

Artificial intelligence flags behavioral health issues

Sanford Health model designed to spot risk of self-harm, psychosis or chemical dependency

Carson Walker ⋅ 8 min read

Health care provider looking at her smartphone in a hospital waiting area with blue chairs.

Help line answers call to support ND medical community

Katie Foutz ⋅ 6 min read

alcohol use: two men, three women in party setting

Alcohol use: Will you start the new year hung over?

SHN Staff ⋅ 7 min read

Andrea Theis and "Kindness Is Contagious" authorNicole Phillips pose, heads touching.

Breast cancer survivor’s kindness at event changes her life

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 30 min read

opioid crisis: medication assisted therapy group session

Opioid crisis: Sanford Bemidji clinic steps up fight

SHN Staff ⋅ 6 min read

Dr. Rohit Mahajan

Sanford Health doctor on front lines of opioid battle

Every day, Dr. Rohit Mahajan watches his patients leave, knowing he tried to ease their pain. What he doesn’t know is if he turned them into addicts instead. Every decision he makes — every patient he sees, every procedure he performs, every prescription he writes — is colored with this question. He’s an interventional pain […]

Jacqueline Palfy ⋅ 17 min read

opioid pills and doctor

Opioids – Local effort against the crisis: Podcast

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, more than 90 Americans die from an opioid overdose every day. “Opioids are pain pills that you can be prescribed for chronic pain or pain after surgery or an acute injury,” said Allison Suttle, M.D., senior vice president and chief medical officer at Sanford Health. “Unfortunately, they […]

Alan Helgeson ⋅ 3 min read