USA. Caught in Chaos—When Pregnant Women With OUD Are Incarcerated; How OTPs Can Help This is the story of a young woman with a 15-year history of severe opioid use disorder (OUD), intermittent hospitalization, and incarceration, who becomes…

USA. MATER Center Director, on the Importance of Dr. Finnegan’s Work—Which Continues—and the Need to Treat Mothers for Trauma Loretta Finnegan, MD, a champion of medication-assisted treatment with methadone, developed her scoring…

USA. Healthy Pregnancy Healthy Baby Fact Sheets This series of four fact sheets emphasizes the importance of continuing a mother's treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) throughout pregnancy. The series includes information on OUD and pregnancy, O…

Trends in pregnancy-associated mortality involving opioids in the United States, 2007-2016. Gemmill A, Kiang MV, Alexander MJ. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2018 Sep 28. pii: S0002-9378(18)30820-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.09.028.  https://www.ajog.o…

Prenatal food insecurity associated with severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome  A new study shows that food insecurity in pregnant women being treated for opioid use disorder may be associated with increased risk for their infants receiving…

USA. Addiction and Pregnancy (Boston Medical Center Themenseite)   What is Project RESPECT? Project RESPECT (Recovery, Empowerment, Social Services, Prenatal care, Education, Community and Treatment), is a high risk obstetrical and…