This week, lead investigator Dr. Stefan Kertesz was interviewed for the amazing “Hope Illuminated” podcast with the founder of United Suicide Survivors International (USSI), Dr. Sally Spencer-Thomas. Sally is a suicide loss survivor, a clinical psychologist, an advocate and a researcher, and the leader of a major organization focused on preventing suicide.
The podcast host describes the episode as delving “into the repercussions of removing individuals from opioid medications while they grapple with unmanageable, intractable pain, shedding light on the multifaceted challenges faced by both patients and healthcare professionals.”
Stefan was deeply moved by the podcast. In the podcast he says this: “The story of the opioid crisis involves leaping to conclusions that problems can be solved quickly without thinking too deeply. The situation of people with pain, with disability, with dependence, with addiction, is not one of those problems. And the best thing we can do is really pay close attention to the details of their life and ask that the health care system listen and (be) responsive.”
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