"They Gave Me Life": Motherhood and Recovery in a Tribal Community.
Katie SchultzCiwang TeyraGlenda BreilerTessa Evans-CampbellCynthia R PearsonPublished in: Substance use & misuse (2018)
A central finding of this work is that pregnancy and motherhood may be underexplored factors in Native women's substance use. Results support previous work suggesting that Native women are at high risk of interpersonal trauma and that trauma contributes to substance misuse. Findings offer several rich implications for treatment and recovery among Native mothers in tribal communities including the necessity of trauma-informed treatment, community and culturally-based interventions, more integration of treatment services with Child Protective Services, and drawing on motherhood as a motivation for seeking and succeeding in recovery.