Patient Resources

Preventing the Use of Marijuana: Focus on Women and Pregnancy

This evidence-based resource guide addresses the established health risks of marijuana use to pregnant women and their children, as well as the expanding evidence base on other potential harms of use during pregnancy.

Clinical Guidance for Treating Pregnant and Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder and Their Infants

This Clinical Guide provides comprehensive, national guidance for optimal management of pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and their infants. The Clinical Guide helps healthcare professionals and patients determine the most clinically appropriate action for a particular situation and informs individualized treatment decisions.

Resources Provided through SAMHSA’s YouTube Channel
Fourth Trimester: Serving Pregnant People with Substance Use Disorder Webinar

This webinar highlights promising evidence-based strategies to decrease stigma that pregnant and postpartum people with a substance use disorder often experience, improve screening and linkage to life-saving treatment, and recovery supports for this often vulnerable patient population.

National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)

A 24/7, free, confidential hotline for pregnant and new moms in English and Spanish. This number can be called or texted and provides access to professional counselors, real-time support and information, resources, referrals to local providers and support groups, and interpreter services.

ABM Protocol: Breastfeeding in the Setting of Substance Use and Substance Use Disorder

An updated protocol from the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine that provides a review of the evidence and makes recommendations related to breastfeeding in the setting of substance use and SUD treatments. Recommendations on nonprescribed opioid, stimulant, sedative-hypnotic, alcohol, nicotine, and cannabis use are included.

WVAAP – Substance Exposure and NAS Education and Outreach

Resources, including a 2023 Project WATCH webinar, are included on this page. The webinar provides an overview of Project WATCH along with information from various speakers on the topics of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and substance exposure.

WVU – IMPACT WV

WVU’s IMPACT WV program has tested and implemented models of care to strengthen services for families with infants born exposed to substances in utero or diagnosed with NAS living in West Virginia. IMPACT WV uses a two-generational approach, providing services to the child and caregiver with the goal of improving the family environment surrounding the child’s development.

SBIRT for Us—What it is, how and why to Use
Webinar Link

This webinar discusses the importance of using the Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral for Treatment (SBIRT) model in prenatal care settings and discusses how it can be done effectively.

Care & Service Coordination for Women Identified with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in Pregnancy
Webinar Link

This webinar provides an overview of best practices for meeting the needs of pregnant and postpartum women with SUD.

Planning for Discharge: Special Considerations for the Mother-Infant Dyad
Webinar Link

This webinar discusses resources that the mother-infant dyad with substance exposure should be provided prior to discharge to ensure best outcomes while transitioning from an inpatient to outpatient setting.