MD Magazine (4/25, Kunzmann) reported, “In a virtual presentation as part of the American Psychiatric Association…Spring Highlights Meeting 2020, Kimberly A. Yonkers, MD, of the Yale University School of Medicine, discussed national data-based understandings of substance use among” pregnant women. In her presentation, Dr. “Yonkers also appealed for the implementation of both universal and health equity approaches to addressing the prevalence of such cases.” In addition, she “called for understanding that, though substance use remains lower among pregnant women than those who are not pregnant, it is a severely detrimental risk to both the mother’s and child’s long-term health, and a combination of care team collaboration and proven therapies should be prepared to address it.”
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— “Treating, Understanding Substance Use in Pregnant Women, “Kevin Kunzmann, MD Magazine , April 25, 2020