Exploring maternal grief and shame in addiction recovery for pregnant and early parenting women using community-based participatory research: a qualitative descriptive study
Our findings highlight multiple challenges and stigma surrounding maternal SUD, particularly during pregnancy and postpartum. We also attend to the critical need for relevant maternal support to adequately address complicated grief and shame-proneness in SUD treatment to facilitate positive parenting, recovery outcomes, and positive child health.
Authors
- Cynthia F. Corbett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2706-2116)
- Lori Vick
- Nichole Nidey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6458-9991)
- Kacey Eichelberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4519-3929)
- A.M. Goforth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6304-2924)
- Alain H. Litwin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6717-0288)
- Khushi Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0613-9981)
- Delia Smith West (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4375-2785)
- Phyllis Raynor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7311-0978)
- April Hutto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3980-4255)
- Constance Guille (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6004-3027)
Institutions
- University of Iowa (US)
- Prisma Health (US)
- Medical University of South Carolina (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Greenville College (US)
- Center for Advancing Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Global Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2025.1565260
- Primary Topic
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00