The Protective Effect of Pregnancy on Risk for Drug Abuse: A Population, Co-Relative, Co-Spouse, and Within-Individual Analysis.

CONCLUSIONS: Risk for drug abuse in women is substantially reduced during pregnancy. Multiple analyses suggest that this association is largely causal, suggesting that pregnancy is indeed a strong intrinsic motivator for drug abuse cessation. Similar strong protective effects may be present in the immediate postpartum period. Our results have implications for our etiologic models of drug abuse and especially for contingency management programs seeking to reduce drug abuse risk.
PMID: 28595490 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The American Journal of Psychiatry - June 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kendler KS, Ohlsson H, Svikis DS, Sundquist K, Sundquist J Tags: Am J Psychiatry Source Type: research