Chapter 13 Postpartum Care for Women with Substance Use Disorders Elizabeth E. Krans , Sebastian T. Tong and Mishka Terplan Introduction The postpartum period is a critical transition for women…
Chapter 9 Prenatal Care in Substance-Using Pregnant Women Charles W. Schauberger Introduction Pregnancy requires less than a year in the lifespan of a woman, but its impact on her future…
Chapter 7 Medical Comorbidities in Women with Opioid Use Disorders in Pregnancy Kaylin A. Klie Introduction Providing medical care, prenatal or otherwise, to a pregnant woman with substance use disorder…
Chapter 8 Harm Reduction Principles in Women with Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy Lauren Owens and Mishka Terplan What does Harm Reduction Mean? Harm reduction refers to policies, program and…
Chapter 6 Intimate Partner Violence, Pregnancy and Substance Use Disorder Richard G. Soper and Hendrée E. Jones Introduction and Defining Intimate Partner Violence The issues of substance use disorder, interpersonal…
Chapter 5 Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Women with Opioid-Use Disorder in Pregnancy Soraya Asadi Joanne is a 34-year-old female veteran with longstanding heroin use who presents for prenatal…
Chapter 4 Co-occurring Mental Health Conditions in Pregnant Women with Opioid Use Disorders Alexis S. Hammond and Margaret S. Chisolm Definitions The brain is a highly complex organ from which…
Chapter 2 Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders in Pregnancy Tricia E. Wright Substance use is common in women of childbearing age. Prior to pregnancy,…
Chapter 3 Substance Use Assessment during Pregnancy Jacquelyn Starer and Carl Christensen Universal screening for substance use disorders (SUDs) will identify many, but not all, pregnant women with SUDs. Stigma,…
Chapter 1 The Opioid Epidemic and Pregnant Women Tricia E. Wright The History of the Current Opioid Epidemic Sam Quinones’s Dreamland [1] details the current opioid epidemic and is an…
