Trauma and Substance Abuse Among Child Welfare Involved African American Mothers: A Case Study

Blakey, Joan M.; Hatcher, Schnavia Smith

doi:10.1080/15548732.2013.779623

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“…CW-affected mothers of all races experience high rates of exposure to PTEs (Blakey & Hatcher, 2013;Chemtob, Griffing, Tullberg, Roberts, & Ellis, 2011;Cohen, Hien, & Batchelder, 2008). Their lives are further complicated by the stresses of poverty, limited prospects for economic advancement, mental health difficulties, and, for some, struggles with substance abuse (Hughes, Chau, & Poff, 2011;Marcenko, Lyons, & Courtney, 2011).…”

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Recognizing complex trauma in child welfare‐affected mothers of colour

Stephens

2018

Child & Family Social Work

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Child welfare-affected mothers of colour live with the deleterious effects of complex trauma unrecognized by the child welfare system. Child welfare system instead focuses on mothers' more overt functional difficulties, facilitating a misalignment between mothers' felt needs and mandated services. Qualitative data from a mixedmethods study were used to explore the phenomenon of complex trauma in 20 urban-dwelling mothers using a combined interpretive phenomenological and directed content analysis. Mothers experienced chronic and compound exposure to traumatic events. Themes of interpersonal violations of trust and pervasive mistrust of others, revictimization, absence of appropriate mental health treatment, and maternal growth emerged. Implications for utilizing a trauma-informed approach for policy and practice are discussed.

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Section: Ct and Cws-affected Mothersmentioning

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Recognizing complex trauma in child welfare‐affected mothers of colour

Stephens

2018

Child & Family Social Work

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“…Studies have reported that between 30% and 80% of individuals with substance use problems also reported experiencing some traumatic event in their lifetime (Blakey & Smith Hatcher, 2013). It is very common for substance-abusing parents in the child welfare system to also suffer from mental health problems, like trauma which complicates treatment (Schaeffer et al, 2013).…”

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“…(p. 7)Thus, parents and children who have been exposed to community violence, child abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, domestic violence, and traumatic loss have all been exposed to varying levels of trauma (Stand, Hansen, & Courtney, 2013). Studies have reported that between 30% and 80% of individuals with substance use problems also reported experiencing some traumatic event in their lifetime (Blakey & Smith Hatcher, 2013). It is very common for substance-abusing parents in the child welfare system to also suffer from mental health problems, like trauma which complicates treatment (Schaeffer et al, 2013).…”

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“…It is very common for substance-abusing parents in the child welfare system to also suffer from mental health problems, like trauma which complicates treatment (Schaeffer et al, 2013). Blakely and Smith Hatcher (2013) report on the range of traumatic experiences of women with substance use problems and found 10–82% reported childhood physical abuse, 23–82% reported sexual abuse, 18–80% reported being raped, and 30–75% reported intimate partner violence. The combination of substance misuse and trauma-related mental health problems for parents can negatively impact parent functioning leading, thereby contributing to child maltreatment and serving as a barrier to successful reunification.…”

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Substance-Using Individuals

Kim

Brook

Akin

2016

Research on Social Work Practice

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Objective: This study examined the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) intervention on substance abuse and trauma-related problems. Methods: A randomized controlled trial design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of SFBT in primary substance use treatment services for child welfare involved parents in outpatient treatment for substance use disorders. Mixed linear models were used to test within-and between-group changes using intent-to-treat analysis (N ¼ 64). Hedges's g effect sizes were also calculated to examine magnitude of treatment effects. Results: Both groups decreased on the Addiction Severity Index-Self-Report and the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40. The between group effect sizes were not statistically significant on either measures, thus SFBT produced similar results as the research supported treatments the control group received. Conclusion: Results support the use of SFBT in treating substance use and trauma and provide an alternative approach that is more strengths based and less problem focused.

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“…The nexus between intersecting forms of structural disadvantage and systemic welfare intervention illuminates the participants’ limited chances of benefitting from many welfare services. Many participants explained that loss of child custody, facilitated by staff mandatory reporting requirements, led to escalating heroin use, a finding reiterated elsewhere (Blakey & Hatcher, ). Issues of loss and grief can also undermine women's engagement with their own rehabilitation (Broadhurst et al, ).…”

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Health and social interventions in the context of support and control: The experiences of marginalised people who use drugs in Australia

Moensted

Day

2020

Health Soc Care Community

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People who use illicit drugs frequently become targets for welfare intervention, often positioned both as complicit in the reproduction of intergenerational poverty and marginalisation, and as sources of hope for interrupting such patterns. This article draws on empirical research exploring the experiences of highly marginalised people with histories of illicit drug‐use to investigate how they negotiate service encounters in the context of the participants’ previous experiences with welfare interventions. In doing so, the article seeks to texture the conception of the support and control nexus, drawing out the systemic and service level factors of welfare services which inhibit people who use drugs from benefitting from available support. We conducted 12 in‐depth interviews with participants subject to interventions by health, social or legal services between July and September 2018. All interviews were audio‐recorded, transcribed verbatim and coded in NVivo. Transcripts were analysed using a grounded theory approach where data were subject to an iterative process of constant comparisons to identify emergent themes and theoretical concepts. The findings suggest that the blending of welfare services and systems of control has unintended and often negative consequences for highly marginalised people. In effect, the drug treatment programme's aims of assisting people to reduce harm and increase stability are significantly undermined by control mechanisms such as mandatory reporting policies. A better understanding of the ways in which welfare service processes alienate marginalised people from seeking support, as well as from benefitting from the support available, might provide a way to address these concerns.

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Trauma and Substance Abuse Among Child Welfare Involved African American Mothers: A Case Study

Cited by 22 publications

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Recognizing complex trauma in child welfare‐affected mothers of colour

Recognizing complex trauma in child welfare‐affected mothers of colour

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Substance-Using Individuals

Health and social interventions in the context of support and control: The experiences of marginalised people who use drugs in Australia

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