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Protocol for research examination of individual suicides occurring in chronic pain: A qualitative approach to psychological autopsy methodology
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Stefan G. Kertesz ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan G. Kertesz, Allyson L. Varley, April E. Hoge, Mary F. Gilmore, Kevin R. Riggs, Adam J. Gordon, Megan B. McCullough
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: skertesz@uabmc.edu
VA Health Care System and University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine. 700 South Street, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America.
Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Allyson L. Varley ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan G. Kertesz, Allyson L. Varley, April E. Hoge, Mary F. Gilmore, Kevin R. Riggs, Adam J. Gordon, Megan B. McCullough
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Birmingham VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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April E. Hoge ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan G. Kertesz, Allyson L. Varley, April E. Hoge, Mary F. Gilmore, Kevin R. Riggs, Adam J. Gordon, Megan B. McCullough
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Birmingham VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Thomas E. Joiner ,
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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Beth D. Darnall ,
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Kate M. Nicholson ,
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation National Pain Advocacy Center, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Lera A. Fuqua ,
Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Mary F. Gilmore ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan G. Kertesz, Allyson L. Varley, April E. Hoge, Mary F. Gilmore, Kevin R. Riggs, Adam J. Gordon, Megan B. McCullough
Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Birmingham VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Kevin R. Riggs ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan G. Kertesz, Allyson L. Varley, April E. Hoge, Mary F. Gilmore, Kevin R. Riggs, Adam J. Gordon, Megan B. McCullough
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham VA Health Care System, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Stephanie A. Gamble ,
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliations Canandaigua VA Medical Center, Ontario County, New York, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
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Adam J. Gordon ,
Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan G. Kertesz, Allyson L. Varley, April E. Hoge, Mary F. Gilmore, Kevin R. Riggs, Adam J. Gordon, Megan B. McCullough
Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision
Affiliations Informatics, Decision-Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences (IDEAS) Center, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America, Program for Addiction Research, Clinical Care, Knowledge and Advocacy (PARCKA), Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Yogesh Dwivedi ,
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Mark Flower ,
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Dryhootch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Christin S. Veasley ,
Roles Conceptualization, Methodology
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Chronic Pain Research Alliance, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Carla Stumpf Patton ,
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), Arlington, Virginia, United States of America,
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Ashley S. Leal ,
Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), Arlington, Virginia, United States of America,
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Dawn M. Gibson ,
Roles Methodology, Conceptualization
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Community Leadership Council, U.S. Pain Foundation, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America,
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James E. Elliott Jr ,
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work
Affiliation Butler Snow LLP, Macon, Georgia, United States of America,
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Megan B. McCullough
Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan G. Kertesz, Allyson L. Varley, April E. Hoge, Mary F. Gilmore, Kevin R. Riggs, Adam J. Gordon, Megan B. McCullough
Roles Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization, Investigation
Affiliations Center for Healthcare Optimization and Implementation Research, Bedford VA Health Care System, Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America, , Department of Public Health, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Protocol for research examination of individual suicides occurring in chronic pain: A qualitative approach to psychological autopsy methodology
- Stefan G. Kertesz,
- Allyson L. Varley,
- April E. Hoge,
- Thomas E. Joiner,
- Beth D. Darnall,
- Kate M. Nicholson,
- Lera A. Fuqua,
- Mary F. Gilmore,
- Kevin R. Riggs,
- Stephanie A. Gamble
- Published: November 14, 2025
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0329874