“I feel like I’m losing all control,” said a mother in recovery from substance use disorder (SUD). Her child, who had returned from foster care, was struggling with mental and behavioral challenges at home and school. “You’re the only...
It’s 3 a.m. A newborn is fussing and crying, unable to communicate what they need. It’s a stressful time for any parent. But for a new mother who lives with opioid use disorder and is in treatment, it can cue overwhelming feelings associated with trauma...
Currently, under Massachusetts law, healthcare providers are mandated to report a person to the Department of Children & Families (DCF) for suspected abuse or neglect when they give birth to a baby who was exposed to substances designated as “addictive...
The interruption of medical care and isolation caused by COVID-19 is adding fuel to the opioid epidemic, with dramatically more relapses and deaths over the past year. Nationwide, there has been a 38% increase in opioid overdose deaths, with 10 states reporting over a...
Days after the governor declared a state of emergency in Massachusetts and the state’s medical community braced for an impending surge of coronavirus cases, Eileen Costello, MD, chief of ambulatory pediatrics at Boston Medical Center (BMC), found the halls of...