Michael Coupland, RPsych, founder of The Ascellus Group, announces his departure from Ascellus
Michael Coupland, RPsych, announced his upcoming departure from Ascellus effective April 30, 2021. He is the founder and network medical...
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Ascellus Receives $8M in Growth Capital From HLM Venture Partners and .406 Ventures
The Ascellus Group, Integrated Medical Case Solutions, a pioneer in evidence-based behavioral health evaluation and treatment, is pleased to announce...
Ascellus CEO Loraine Daugherty named to National Small Business Association Leadership Council
The Ascellus Group, Integrated Medical Case Solutions, a pioneer in evidence-based behavioral health evaluation and treatment, is pleased to announce...
Learning to Play Well with Others: The PTSD Survival Guide
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder leaves a person feeling unsafe and out of control. He has faced an unexpected event and his...
When Up is Down and Right is Left: The PTSD Survival Guide
Traumatic events shake up the brain. The goal of treating first responders and other injured workers who’ve experienced a horrific...
The Flu or Not the Flu? A Day in the Life of a Tapering Opioid User
An injured worker — we’ll call her ‘Janice’ — is tapering off her long-term opioid use and calls to cancel...
Texas First Responders in Latest School Shooting Have Access to PTSD Coverage
A law on the books less than a year could provide much needed help in the wake of the latest...
See you at RIMS
Early identification of injured workers at-risk for delayed recoveries saves an average $37,908 per claim. Combining those results with cognitive...
CBT Can Prevent Post-Surgical Chronic Pain
Injured workers who’ve undergone surgery run the risk of developing chronic pain. Researchers say up to 70 percent of patients...
Horror in Florida School Reignites Debate on PTSD and Workers’ Compensation
Should workers’ compensation provide mental health benefits to first responders who witness traumatic events such as the parkland, FL school...
Significant Results of Early Intervention CBT Success Study to be Presented at RIMS
We know that about 10 percent of workers’ compensation claims consume at least 80 percent of medical and indemnity resources,...
How and Why CBT Relieves Chronic Pain – Part II
Chronic pain often breeds a variety of comorbidities; depression, anxiety and insomnia among the main ones. The research is not...
CBT Provides Relief for Injury-related Migraines
A small but extremely impairing condition we see among injured workers is migraine headaches. As anyone who has had a...
‘Kelly’s’ Story: True Life Account of an Injured Worker’s Recovery
She was a high-powered, highly respected workers’ compensation executive when she suddenly found herself unable to speak a complete sentence....
CBT Provides Relief for Injury-related Migraines
A small but extremely impairing condition we see among injured workers is migraine headaches. As anyone who has had a...
Psychosocial Issues + Opioids = Poor Outcomes
A recent study on opioid prescriptions in this country is extremely troubling. It showed that more than half the opioids...
Knowledge is Power When It Comes to Opioid Use
The national opioid epidemic has prompted regulators, government agencies and, of course, the workers’ compensation industry to implement actions designed...
Natural Remedies, Short-term CBT Produce Better Outcomes, Lower Costs than Opioids
Movement, distraction, and meditation provide some of the best relief from chronic pain. Combined with brief, goal oriented cognitive behavioral...
Good Brain, Bad Brain and Pain
Understanding how the brain functions with pain Ever wonder why someone with an injury on one side of his body...
Integrated CBT-PT Program Offers Unique Treatment for Injured Workers
Two of the most effective strategies to deal with chronic pain help injured workers in chronic pain who have biopsychosocial...
How Opioids Can Kill Injured Workers
Imagine taking a ‘pain’ medication that may actually intensify the person’s suffering. Add to that frequent side effects such as...
The Medicine Cabinet in Your Brain
The expression, ‘take a chill pill’ might be good advice for injured workers with chronic pain. Instead of reaching for...
Be ‘Mindful’ of Pain to Reduce It
You’ve probably heard of athletes being ‘in the zone;’ having a profound sense of heightened awareness in which they are...
CBT Gets ‘Smart’
As clinicians, we are always seeking new and better healthcare delivery methods. One of the most promising is telehealth....
Use CBT as a Hurricane De-Stressor
Our thoughts and prayers go out to those suffering in the aftermath of the two devastating hurricanes, Harvey and Irma....
Education Can Mitigate the Experience of Pain
While some ‘minor’ workers’ compensation claims deteriorate into long term, expensive ordeals, there are also claims involving catastrophic injuries where...
Early ID, Intervention Accelerates Recovery
Workers’ compensation payers could save so much money through early identification and referral of patients at risk of delayed recoveries....
Gabby: the ‘New’ Drug of Abuse?
Question: What was the most prescribed medication in Ohio last December? Answer: Gabapentin. Have you seen a rise in Gabapentin...
