SAMHSA News Release

Date: 5/10/2012 12:05 AM
Media Contact: SAMHSA Press Office
Telephone: 240-276-2130

New report shows more than one in five pregnant White women smoke
cigarettes

Study shows significant differences in substance use rates among Blacks,
Hispanics, and Whites

A new report shows that 21.8 percent of pregnant White women aged 15 to
44 currently (within the past 30 days) smoked cigarettes. The study
conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA) also showed that cigarette smoking levels among
pregnant White women were significantly higher than the levels among
pregnant Black women (14.2 percent) and pregnant Hispanic women (6.5
percent) in the same 15 to 44 age range.

In terms of current illicit drug use, however, the report found that the
rate among pregnant Black women (7.7 percent) was significantly higher
than among pregnant White women (4.4 percent) and pregnant Hispanic
women (3.1 percent).

The rate of current alcohol use among pregnant Black and White women is
roughly the same (12.8 percent and 12.2 percent respectively), but their
levels were substantially higher than pregnant Hispanic women (7.4
percent)

Overall, pregnant Hispanic women in this age range were less likely to
use alcohol and cigarettes than pregnant Black and White women.

“When pregnant women use alcohol, tobacco, or illicit substances they
are risking health problems for themselves and poor birth outcomes for
their babies,” said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde. “Pregnant women
of different races and ethnicities may have diverse patterns of
substance abuse. It is essential that we use the findings from this
report to develop better ways of getting this key message out to every
segment of our community so that no woman or child is endangered by
substance use and abuse.”

SAMHSA’s Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence
sponsors a number of state-of-the-art programs for addressing the
problem of substance abuse among pregnant women. These programs include:

*         Project CHOICES-Reaches out to women at risk of having an
alcohol-exposed pregnancy before they become pregnant to provide
information and help.

*         Screening and Brief Intervention (SBI) – Helps identify and
provide assistance to people in need of treatment. The program uses a
simple written assessment of alcohol use and a 10-15 minute intervention
with pregnant women who report drinking.

*         Parent-Child Assistance Program (P-CAP) – The program uses an
intensive paraprofessional home visitation model to reduce risk
behaviors in women with substance abuse problems over a three-year
period.

These programs implement evidence-based interventions and have helped
many pregnant women lead healthier lives and improve the outcomes for
their children’s health. Click this link for more information about the FASD Center for
Excellence.

The report entitled, Data Spotlight: Substance Use During Pregnancy
Varies by Race and Ethnicity, is based on data analyzed from SAMHSA’s
2002-2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). NSDUH is a
scientifically conducted annual survey of approximately 67,500 people
throughout the country, aged 12 and older. Because of its statistical
power, it is the nation’s premier source of statistical information on
the scope and nature of many substance abuse and behavioral health
issues affecting the nation. Click this link for the full report

There will be an insightful and informative professional education session, Adolescent Pregnancy, on June 20, 2012. Click this link for more information on this professional education offering from Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative.

Read this interesting article on Opioid Abuse, Dependence, and Addiction in Pregnancy.

You are invited to attend a workshop entitled ” Sleep Matters: Effects on Maternal Mental Health & Infant Behavior on Wednesday, June 6, 2012.

The session will be held at  8:00am to 4:00pm at Holy Name Medical Center ,Teaneck, New Jersey.

This conference will discuss the health consequences of sleep loss and review changes in sleep physiology during the perinatal period with a

focus on postpartum depression (PPD). Participants will learn about the relationship between maternal depression and infant sleep, behavioral

sleep treatment options for perinatal women with mood disorders and hear current advice regarding nighttime breastfeeding and PPD.

Get more information and register for this cutting-edge conference on sleep patterns and it’s affects on pregnancy and later infant behavior.

Register Now!

There is a study which looks at the effect of a pregnant woman’s weight and the brain of her child. Take a few minutes to read this study about pregnancy, weight and the health of an unborn babies brain by clicking this link. Tell us what you think.

Sources for Human Services presents:

Let’s Talk: The Art of the Unspoken Language…Therapeutic Counseling of African American Men
March 14, 2012, 9:30 – 12:30

The Paradoxical Relationship Between Single Mothers and Their Older Sons

March 14, 2012, 1:30 – 4:30

Presented by:  John G. Taylor, MA, Clinical Therapist

Cost, When and Where:  $ 60 for morning workshop, $60 for afternoon workshop, $100 for BOTH workshops (save $20). Holiday Inn Hotel Rt 70 Cherry Hill, NJ directions below; 3-14-12, fee includes all handouts, certificates, continental breakfast provided AM only, lunch on your own (one hour), PM refreshments

Morning Workshop Summary: This half –day workshop provides attendees with an understanding of the art of counseling African American men. The workshop is designed to help those who work with African American men in therapeutic or counseling relationships understand the myriad of complex dynamics that sometimes hinder the therapeutic process for this population. There is an art form associated with talking and connecting with American African men and much of it is nonverbal. This workshop will provide the tools necessary to prevent frustration, lack of understanding, and the feeling that the client is unreachable. Participants will learn that sometimes our most powerful communication is not through spoken language, but through that which is unspoken.

Morning Workshop Objectives:

1. Learn and practice the power of non-verbal communication when counseling African American men
2. Understand the techniques to overcome the barriers of connecting in therapy with African American men
3. List five predominate issues that bring African American men to therapy
4. Identify five ways to reduce the drop out rate of African American men in therapy
5. Understand the fear and lack of trust that African American men often have regarding therapy.

Afternoon Workshop Summary:
This half –day workshop provides attendees with inside look into the mixed messages that single mothers sometimes give their oldest sons. The workshop will focus on the conflicted and paradoxical relationships that single mothers have with their oldest sons that usually result in conflict and chaos. The workshop will help the therapist identify and understand the tangled web of confusion that this often brings to the mother and the son. The son is told he is the man of the house but when he exerts that authority is quickly reminded that he is still a child —the paradox of this statement may cause  mother and son to battle for position in the home. Participants will leave with an understanding of this paradox and will learn therapeutic techniques, tools, and skills that can be used to reduce the conflict in these relationships

Afternoon Workshop Objectives:

1. Identify the three signs of a paradoxical relationship between mother and son
2. Understand and identify the parentified child
3. Identify and understand the emotional, mental, and verbal abuse that occurs in these relationships
4. Gain insight into the perspective of a mother that places her child in this “role”
5. Learn and practice therapeutic techniques and skills to produce change in these relationships.

Who Should Attend? Social workers, counselors, clinicians, case managers, in-home behavioral health providers, administrators, teachers, parents, advocates, and others who work with African American adolescents and men

About the Presenter:  John G. Taylor, MA is a Mental Health therapist in Philadelphia counseling clients that are dealing with HIV/AIDS, paranoid schizophrenia, bi-polar, depression, agoraphobia, domestic violence, ADHD, substance abuse, sex addictions and sexual abuse. Mr. Taylor received his Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from Fayetteville State University and a Masters Degree in Christian Counseling from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, which allows him to integrate Theology with Psychology. Mr. Taylor also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Drexel University in the Couples and Family Therapy Program.  Mr. Taylor has spent most of his career counseling/working with African American Men.  Mr. Taylor has worked as a Correctional Officer, Probation Parole Officer, HIV/AIDS Case manger and mental health therapist for “tripled” diagnosed clients (HIV/AIDS, Mental Health diagnosis, Substance abuse addiction) Mr. Taylor currently is a writer for the Divine Inspirations Magazine his column The Reality Corner is published monthly.

Registration: 3 Ways to Register: Register on line: www.sourcesforhumanservices.com   by Mail: Sources for Human Services, 536 Hansell Rd. Wynnewood, PA 19096, or register by Fax: 610-645-0136,           E mail: sourcesforhumanservices@comcast.net   Phone:   610-203-1926

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_____________ The Paradoxical Relationship Between Single Mothers and Their Older Sons
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_________ BOTH workshops $100, save $20

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Directions to hotel:  to Holiday Inn, Cherry Hill From Philadelphia International Airport.Take I-95 North to the Walt Whitman Bridge. Follow the signs for Route 130 North. Then follow the signs for Route 70 East for approximately three miles. The hotel is on the right. From the South. Take I-95 North to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Follow onto I-295 North to Exit 34B. Follow Route 70 west for three miles to the Cornell Avenue jug-handle. Take the jug-handle at Cornell Avenue which will bring you back around. The hotel will be on the right next to Red Hot & Blue. From Atlantic City/South Jersey. Take the Atlantic City Expressway to the North/South Freeway. Follow to I-295 North until Exit 34B. Follow Route 70 west for three miles to the Cornell Avenue jug-handle. Take the jug-handle at Cornell Avenue which will bring you back around. The hotel will be on the right next to Red Hot & Blue. From New York/North Jersey. Take the New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 4. Take Route 73 north to Route I-295 South until Exit 34B. Follow Route 70 west for three miles to the Cornell Avenue jug-handle. Take the jug-handle at Cornell Avenue which will bring you back around. The hotel will be on the right next to Red Hot & Blue.

The CDC’s Vital Signs report, which
launched in 2010, addresses a single, important public health topic each
month.  The first issue of 2012′s Vital Signs includes the latest
findings on binge drinking from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS) which included combined landline and
cellular telephone respondents.

Some of the key messages in the binge drinking issue of Vital Signs
include the following:

*         Thirty-eight million U.S. adults binge drink an average of 4
times a month.

*         On average, the largest number of drinks consumed is 8.

*         While more 18-34 year olds binge drink, binge drinkers aged 65
years and older binge drink more often than other age groups-an average
of five to six times a month.

*         Although more people with incomes above $75,000 binge drink,
those with incomes less than $25,000 drink more when they binge. The
largest number of drinks consumed averages between 8 and 9 in the lower
income group.

*         Adult binge drinking is most common in the Midwest, New
England, the District of Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii. However binge
drinkers in the southern Mountain states (Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico,
and Utah), Midwest, and some states where binge drinking is less common
- including Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina – consume more
drinks when they binge.

*         Binge drinking is a costly and deadly behavior. Drinking too
much, including binge drinking, is responsible for 80,000 deaths each
year and cost the U.S. $223.5 billion in 2006, or $1.90 a drink. These
costs include health care expenses, crime, and lost productivity.

*         Evidence-based strategies, such as those recommended by the
Community Guide, can help prevent binge drinking.

Click here to read the full report from Vital Signs on binge drinking.

ALSO read this important Fact Sheet on Binge Drinking.