North America is currently suffering from one of the worst epidemics of illicit drug use in
recent history: the opioid crisis. Pregnant women are not immune to the ravages of …

Background Punitive legal responses to prenatal drug use may be associated with
unintended adverse health consequences. However, in a rapidly shifting policy climate …

Background Incarcerated individuals who experience pregnancy or childbirth in correctional
facilities face unique considerations for obstetric care and consequently are at greater risk of …

Introduction: The study investigates health and social conditions among pregnant substance
abusers and the children that were born from these pregnancies, and analyses outcomes in …

Background Use of coercion against pregnant women who misuse substances was
legalised in Norway in 1996. The background for the law was that substance abuse during …

Psychologists providing services to pregnant individuals using substances face a number of
complicated ethical dilemmas, however guidance in this area is sparse. This article presents …

There exists a vast amount of research and literature on pregnant women struggling with
substance use problems and the challenges they can face in providing adequate and …

Aim: Studies of drug use during pregnancy have generally focused on individual substances
or specific combinations of drugs. The aim of this article is to increase our knowledge about …

Background There are few longitudinal follow-up studies of patients in opioid maintenance
treatment (OMT). For this reason we performed a follow-up study of a cohort of 67 women …

Ethical frameworks can support professionals' decision‐making. Here, we identify two
ethical frameworks to analyse the best support for families that struggle with parental …