ACEs & the Opioid Risk Tool Explained | How Trauma History Is Used to Flag and Deny Pain Care

Описание: For years, we’ve talked about how ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) are being misunderstood and misapplied in pain care.

Let me be clear:
We have never denied the research around trauma or addiction risk.

What we challenge is how these screening tools are used at the individual patient level to flag, stigmatize, and deny legitimate medical treatment — especially for women and survivors of sexual trauma.

This video was originally recorded in 2024 for our Patreon community. I’m making it public so anyone can hear directly from us what we actually say, with the full context and sources included.

In this video, we walk through:
• what ACEs really measure
• what the Opioid Risk Tool was designed for
• how the sexual trauma question became embedded in risk scoring
• why these tools were never meant to deny care
• and how they’re now being used against pain patients in practice

If you have questions about our positions, please go to the original materials. We’ve always grounded our work in documentation, research, and lived experience.

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