I just want to quote tweet this because this is our reactive mental health system. I think rigorous prevention and understanding of drivers of chronic pain to suicide and then creating evidence based programs to pain providers would save lives. It is not in the midst of denied 1/
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care that talking to a mental health counselor could change it. I believe that mental health being reactive rather than proactive is costing many people their lives. Chronic pain providers cannot exact trauma of negligence and denying the validity of our pain without 2/
mental health consequences to patients. It is like being trapped with an abuser as some point because you need the medical system for care, but there are so many bad providers who don't listen and will let pain go on unchecked. It is about systemic change, not just having the 3/
patient seek out care when they are overwhelmed with dealing with being ignored by their providers. If I go to a counselor to say I don't feel safe at home, they will get me to a safe place. What if I don't feel safe in a medical office, it doesn't seem to matter in the same 4/
way. A psychologist is not going to reach out to the pain provider that has denied treatment to advocate for them to have their treatment. #ErinGilmer could not have been saved by MH at this point, she reached the end of what she could handle. I think what could make a 5/
difference in the future is a directory of neurologists, pain management specialists, gastroenterologists, & PCPs that have been supportive to #ChronicPain patients to help with selecting a provider. Does something like this already exist, @national_pain & @SanDiegoSummit?
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