Psychiatric and obstetric characteristics of pregnant crack users admitted to a referral center in Southern Brazil.
Jéssica Veras Eloy SantosNadine Anita Fonseca da SilvaLaisa Marcolela Andreoli SartesJaqueline Bohrer SchuchFelix Henrique Paim KesslerMauro Barbosa TerraPublished in: Journal of addictive diseases (2023)
An alarmingly high prevalence of consumption of other drugs, psychiatric disorders, and difficult-to-treat personality disorders was observed in our study. Investigating the psychiatric profile of women who use substances is essential to minimize the impacts on the mother and child, optimize therapeutic approaches to comorbidities, and enable more effective relapse prevention.