Healing Two Generations: Research and Clinical Perspectives on Providing Comprehensive Care for Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder
This webinar, sponsored by the Northwest ATTC and the Western States Node of the NIDA CTN, will summarize what makes women’s treatment for substance use disorder unique from men’s treatment and highlight key issues when providing treatment to women who have opioid use and other substance use disorders. The research that supports the latest clinical care guidelines for women with opioid use disorders, including pregnant women and those with infants, will be summarized including issues of pain management, breastfeeding and neonatal abstinence syndrome/ neonatal opioid withdrawal. Finally, clinical tips for providing trauma-informed care to the dyad will be presented.
1.5 CEU available.
Speakers: Hendree Jones, PhD, UNC Horizons and UNC Chapel Hill, and Carl Seashore, MD, UNC Horizons
