How To Know If You Have a Substance Abuse Problem and Need Treatment
As a leading provider of substance use disorder treatment and counseling, we are often asked the million dollar question: how do I know if I have a substance abuse problem? This question is rooted in the fact that not all people who struggle with drugs…
Telehealth care for mental health boomed during COVID-19. Will it continue?
New data released last month by Blue Cross Blue Shield revealed that between March 2020 and March 2021, the company accounted for 8 million telehealth visits, an uptick of 9,500 percent from the prior year. Given the state of the world during the year in…
Why and How Employers Must Break the Stigma of SUDs in the Workplace
Lionrock CEO Peter Loeb recently contributed an article to HR.com about the importance of breaking the stigma of substance use disorders (SUDs) at work. From a business perspective, the impact of lost productivity due to SUDs has been projected to be $180 billion annually and…
The Connection Between Substance Abuse and Mental Health
What is the connection between substance abuse and mental health? According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.2 million U.S. adults experienced both mental illness and a substance use disorder in 2018. However, even though there is a high rate of comorbidity (the…
Stigma: A Dangerous Barrier to SUD Treatment
According to the National Institutes of Health, 75 percent of people who need help with substance use disorders (SUDs), don’t get treatment – often due to shame and stigma. When you consider that, per The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Survey…
If You’re Not Offering SUD Treatment Benefits, You’re Losing Money
If you’re not offering your employees substance use disorder (SUD) treatment benefits as part of your healthcare coverage, you’re probably losing money. Despite the fact 20.7 million Americans, or approximately 8 percent of the U.S. population, are in need of SUD treatment, only 4 million…
2020 Was a Game Changer for Online Recovery
When the Coronavirus pandemic prevented almost any kind of public gathering, people quickly sought alternative ways to do almost everything – work, connect, manage their health needs, participate in recovery groups. As a result, telehealth, once considered “alternative,” experienced massive growth in 2020. Included in…
Fight Stigma; Lift Our Industry
Recently, NPR published an article about the treatment industry and the ethical crisis it faces. The story isn’t wrong, and neither is the problem new. You can read the article here. Of course, there are plenty, even most of us in the field, who are…
Women Continue to Struggle With COVID-Related Anxiety
Further evidence that the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted women, in early October Lionrock’s admission of women fell an unprecedented 32 percent compared to the month prior. In over 10 years of offering telehealth behavioral counseling, we have never seen our enrollment of women drop…
Most Common Signs of Substance Abuse and Addiction
Despite the fact 4 million Americans are in treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs), and another 20.7 million are in need of treatment, the signs of substance are not widely recognized by most. Many misperceptions exist about SUD, leading to a general lack of understanding….