ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2021
"A good mother": Impact of motherhood identity on women's substance use and engagement in treatment across the lifespan.
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- "I'm not a bad mother:" the experience of stigma among mothers with substance use disorder in the criminal justice system.Women & health · 2025Article
- Perinatal Health Outcomes Among Women on Community Supervision: A Scoping Review.Journal of correctional health care : the official journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care · 2024Article
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- "Instead of just taking my baby, they could've actually given me a chance": Experiences with plans of safe care among birth parents impacted by perinatal substance use.Child abuse & neglect · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundWomen are underrepresented in substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Interpersonal and structural factors affect women's access to SUD treatment, but limited research evaluates how motherhood is a potential barrier and facilitator to engagement in SUD treatment. We focus on women from young to middle adulthood, and capture women's identities as mothers, caretakers, and grandmothers, outside of pregnancy and the postpartum period.
methodsStudy staff conducted twenty qualitative interviews with women in SUD treatment to assess experiences with SUD treatment, in which motherhood emerged as a key theme. Twelve women then participated in four focus groups centered on motherhood. The study audio-recorded and transcribed interviews, and two independent authors analyzed interviews, followed by group consensus.
resultsMost women identified their children and responsibilities as mothers and caretakers as important motivators to accessing SUD treatment. Motherhood was also a barrier to treatment, in that women feared losing child custody by disclosing substance use and few residential programs accommodate women with children. Multiple women expressed guilt about their substance use, sensing that it contributed to perceived abandonment or separation from their children. Reunification was important to SUD recovery.
conclusionWomen with SUD who are mothers experience specific barriers to treatment engagement and recovery. Women need SUD treatment programs that address these interpersonal and structural factors across the lifespan.
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