Addiction, which affects roughly 21 per cent of Canadians at some point in their lives, can damage the brain, body and more. Unfortunately, the illness is often
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Babies Suffer Under Punitive Policies for Maternal Drug Use (USA)
by Elizabeth Hlavinka, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Policies that punish pregnant women for disclosing substance use disorder (SUD) can have negative consequences for infants, according to a
Therapy Dogs and Recovery from Addiction
Therapy Dogs and Recovery from Addiction | Colleen Anne Dell | TEDxUniversityofSaskatchewan What if we included domesticated animals, and in particular dogs, into the recovery
Identification of substance use disorders among pregnant women: A comparison of screeners
GraceChang, Steven J.Ondersma, TiffanyBlake-Lamb, KateGilstad-Hayden, E.John Orav, Kimberly A.Yonkers https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107651 Highlights • Prenatal exposure to alcohol and other substances is common. • Such exposures can be consequential to the developing
#MommyNeedsWine: Growing trend shows more women are dependent on alcohol
(KWQC) – A lot of moms joke around about drinking wine to cope with those whining kid moments but the truth is women are consuming more
Pregnant Women Face Unique Challenges in the Opioid Crisis
By Kieran McLean Pregnant women occupy a troubling—and perhaps overlooked—corner of the opioid epidemic. The amount of women affected has skyrocketed: Opioid use disorder among