How Employers Can Add Critical Benefits and Lower Costs
Several months ago we wrote about the importance of having a telehealth or virtual care component to your health benefits package. We’ve been proponents of telehealth since we founded Lionrock as a telehealth provider of substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery services 10 years…
What You Should Know About Women and SUD
Women, generally speaking, face and deal with substance use differently than men do. The National Institute on Drug Abuse points out: “Women use drugs in smaller amounts than men, but they can experience the effects more strongly. Substance use in women tends to develop into…
From the Podcast – Bonus Episode: Help for First Responders with Mark Lamplugh
Mark Lamplugh is a 4th generation firefighter and former captain with the Lower Chichester, Pennsylvania Fire Company. He is an advocate for the behavioral and mental health of firefighters and first responders. Today, Mark is 9 years sober and very active in the first responder…
No, You Can’t Fire Someone Because They Need SUD Treatment
HR execs be aware, you cannot fire an employee because they need substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. With the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reporting that almost 11 million full-time workers in the United States have substance abuse disorder (SUD), it’s critical…
From the Podcast: Amy Peterson: Used and Abused as a Child and Recovering as an Adult
Amy Peterson is Ashley Loeb Blassingame’s guest on Episode 11 of The Courage To Change: A Recovery Podcast. Sexually abused and trafficked from a young age, Amy has utilized ongoing therapy to start healing from this long-term abuse, along with the substance abuse she used…
From the Podcast: Dan Sanfellipo: The Harrowing Story of Trauma, Addiction and the Consequences of Over half His Life in Prison
Dan Sanfellipo started his incarceration journey when he was 13 years old. Dan is now 46 years old and has served just less than half of it — 22 ½ years — in prison. His story of struggling through addiction, trauma, prison, and eventually finding…
From the Podcast: Pat W: Living with and Overcoming Tourette Syndrome, Having a Near Death Experience and Finding True Purpose in Recovery
Pat W was born and raised in Pasadena, CA. He describes himself as a passionate cyclist, runner, photographer, and book nerd. Pat has Tourette syndrome (Tourette’s), which created many challenges for him as a teen and into adulthood, and is what largely contributed to his…
From the Podcast: Jen Elizabeth: Overcoming Addiction and Intergenerational Trauma
Jen Elizabeth shares her harrowing story from childhood trauma to deep addiction on the 24th Episode of The Courage To Change: A Recovery Podcast. She grew up in a home with a mentally ill mother, who had bipolar Munchausen and Munchausen by proxy. Her family…
People With Substance Abuse Disorders Are At Serious Risk Right Now
As more and more governors and mayors call for Americans to stay at home in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are at serious risk. Here at Lionrock we’ve heard from hundreds of our own clients, as well as…
Effective Telehealth Treatment Is Much More Than “Just Add Video”
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. At Lionrock, we suddenly feel the love. For most of Lionrock’s ten years in operation, pretty much everyone has told us, “it can’t work”. By everyone, I mean potential partners in our field, investors, and most of the…