S2E2 / The Opioid Overdose Crisis / Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)




IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH with Dr. Celine Gounder show

Summary: Is neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) -- babies whose mothers used opioids in pregnancy and who go into withdrawal after birth -- is another form of intergenerational violence? And how can a community stop the cycle? Guests: Lieutenant Debbie Richmond, specialist in child abuse investigations at the Bristol Tennessee Police Department; Lisa Carter, CEO of Niswonger Children's Hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee; Ashlie Harrod, nurse educator with the Sullivan County Health Department in Tennessee; Chris Miller, Chief Patient Experience Officer of Mountain States Health Alliance's Washington County Market, and the adoptive father of a baby boy with neonatal abstinence syndrome. | insicknessandinhealthpodcast.com | glow.fm/insicknessandinhealth