Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorders - The Harm Associated with Punitive Approaches

N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 24;384(25):2364-2367. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2101051. Epub 2021 Jun 19.

Authors

Rebecca L Haffajee¹, Laura J Faherty¹, Kara Zivin¹

Affiliation

¹ From the RAND Corporation (R.L.H., L.J.F.) and the Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine (L.J.F.) - both in Boston; and the Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan School of Public Health (R.L.H, K.Z.), the Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School (K.Z.), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (K.Z.) - all in Ann Arbor.

PMID: 34161722
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2101051

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Behavior Therapy
Female
Health Policy
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Mandatory Reporting*
Mandatory Testing / legislation & jurisprudence
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications* / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications* / therapy
Pregnant People*
Prenatal Care
Punishment
Social Control, Formal*
State Government
Substance Abuse Detection / legislation & jurisprudence*
Substance-Related Disorders* / diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders* / therapy
United States