Substance Use Disorder Awareness and Education

Learn about the co-occurring disorders, and other health conditions which can occur in people in medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for substance use disorders.

This research report from NIDA discusses effective prevention and treatment strategies for opioid misuse and use disorder, and overcoming the misunderstandings and other barriers that prevent wider adoption of these treatments.

These guidelines contain recommendations on the identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders for health care services which assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or drugs or who have a substance use disorder.

This research report from NIDA discusses sex and gender influences in substance use, highlighting the unique needs of women when addressing substance use. disorder treatment

These reports and detailed tables present estimates from the 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), specifically pertaining to substance use among women.

This is a toolkit on addressing pain in patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and managing medication for addiction treatment (MAT) during the perioperative/postpartum period.

The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant.

In this webinar, Drs. John Iskander and Suzanne Gilboa discuss what CDC and its partners are doing to reduce prenatal substance exposure and how screening and brief interventions may reduce prenatal substance exposure and improve the health of women and infants.

This guide will explans how to choose a screening tool for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), provides recommendations and resources on how to administer the tools, recommends additional screening tools, presents an algorithm and response protocol, and briefly touches on establishing outside resources and referrals.

This web page outlines policies on substance use during pregnancy, categorizing how these policies differ from state to state.