Treatment programs for women who use drugs during pregnancy have developed ... The increasing understanding and acceptance of substance abuse as a treatable mental health disorder brings renewed ...

Women's Health. 2008;4(1):67-77. "Less than half of the drug treatment providers whose clients were only women provided services for pregnant or postpartum women, prenatal and perinatal care ...

Salinas said she wondered why child welfare workers weren’t spending their time investigating allegations of actual child abuse ... in Maryland and a leading researcher on substance use disorders ...

Much of this abuse then led to emotional issues ... marijuana use, and/or illicit substance use during pregnancy and having an infant with low birth weight,” according to the study.

Hospitals across the country reported mothers to authorities after they tested positive for medications used routinely in millions of births.

Here are some ways to make it easier to quit drinking during pregnancy: Find a substance abuse treatment facility near you. Check the website of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

A baby’s positive drug test “cannot and should not be used to identify fentanyl drug abuse in mothers ... on substance use disorders during pregnancy. “To slow it down, or to stop ...

Contrary to the way Kilgore read that statute, simply using an illegal drug during pregnancy does not meet ... that was closed without any finding of abuse or neglect. But although Moore had ...

Salinas said she wondered why child welfare workers weren’t spending their time investigating allegations of actual child abuse ... on substance use disorders during pregnancy.

The U.S. surgeon general issued an advisory on Friday warning of a link between alcohol consumption and cancer risk.